9-4-09
MATTHEW LEE
Alarmed by Israeli plans to build new housing units in settlements and dimming prospects for American peace efforts, the Obama administration on Friday put out a rare and harsh public rebuke of its main Mideast ally.
The White House said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement plans were "inconsistent" with commitments the Jewish state has made previously and harmful to U.S. attempts to lay the groundwork for a resumption in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
"United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement expansion and we urge that it stop," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement. "We are working to create a climate in which negotiations can take place, and such actions make it harder to create such a climate."
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Comments: Whose side is Obama on? Muslim or Israeli? By his comments, it looks to be the Muslim side in the Middle East. Who is Obama to tell Israel where they can and cannot build. The American Jewish voters who supported Obama made a huge mistake. America has always been on the side of Israel but then we didn't have a President that ever bowed down to the Saudi King either!
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