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  • Knesset Speaker 'Very Worried' by Applause for Biden

    03/11/2010 10:57:53 AM PST · by Nachum · 33 replies · 712+ views
    INN ^ | 3/11/10 | Gil Ronen and Hillel Fendel
    sraelNN.com) Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (Likud) said Thursday he was “very worried” by the applause that a Tel Aviv University audience gave Vice President Joe Biden when he expressed his condemnation of construction in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. “I am concerned about the erosion of the red lines we set for ourselves and the lessening of the understanding of Israel's strategic needs, about which there can be no compromise,” he said. The moment Rivlin referred to can be seen in the accompanying video, when Biden says that Palestinian Authority leaders' “commitment to peace” is “an opportunity that must...