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Tuesday 4 December 2012

US Joins EUROPEAN in Pressuring Israel to Reverse Settlement Plans



The U.S.A government has joined European nations in wanting to pressure Israel to reverse plans to create thousands of homes inside occupied areas of East Jerusalem along with the West Bank, claimed by the Palestinians in an independent state.

White House spokesman Jay Carney stated Monday that Israeli commanders should "exercise restraint" in addition to "reconsider" the housing ideas, announced last week in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority securing an upgrade in its U.N. status now been a"non-member observer state. " Carney said your "unilateral" Israeli moves are "counterproductive and ensure it is harder to resume direct negotiations to accomplish a two-state solution" for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


​​U. S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner criticized Israel's decision to get started on planning the development of the barren area, near East Jerusalem. Toner said any construction inside zone would be "especially damaging" to peace efforts.

Earlier Mon, five EU nations protested Israel's techniques by summoning the Israeli ambassadors to their capitals for some talks. The governments of Britain, Denmark, France, Spain and Sweden requested the housing projects to become scrapped.


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