REUTERS - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly condemned on Wednesday Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers, saying on a West Bank visit the project undermined Washington's peace efforts. "It is incumbent on both parties to build an atmosphere of support for negotiations and not to complicate them," Biden said in a media statement alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The German Foreign Ministry on Wednesday voiced sharp criticism of an Israeli decision to approve the building of new homes on occupied land in East Jerusalem. A spokesman for Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that, particularly in light of planned peace talks, the plan to build 1,600 new homes was "not acceptable." "In terms of content and the timing, this gives an entirely wrong signal," a ministry spokesman said. "All political efforts must focus on creating the conditions for comprehensive negotiations, to resolve the key issues in the conflict."
The German Foreign Ministry on Wednesday voiced sharp criticism of an Israeli decision to approve the building of new homes on occupied land in East Jerusalem.
A spokesman for Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that, particularly in light of planned peace talks, the plan to build 1,600 new homes was "not acceptable."
"In terms of content and the timing, this gives an entirely wrong signal," a ministry spokesman said. "All political efforts must focus on creating the conditions for comprehensive negotiations, to resolve the key issues in the conflict."
and that's what Israel has got. US acquiescence. Choke on it Biden, you got played. keep to the Fen Causeway
A group of Knesset faction chairmen on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden requesting clemency for Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of spying for Israel.
