UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Israeli settlement building anywhere in occupied territory is illegal and must stop.Mr Ban is in the Middle East to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders and press them to resume peace talks.
Israel's controversial announcement of plans to build 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem has inflamed tensions in the region and between Israel and the US.The Palestinian leadership has said the plan is an obstacle to resuming talks.
Mr Ban's statement comes a day after he made a similar call, speaking for the international Quartet of Middle East peace mediators - the UN, Russia, the EU and the US."
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Ban KiMoon condems Israeli settlements as illegal
Started by Finian, Mar 21 2010 06:50 AM
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Posted 21 March 2010 - 04:23 PM
They always have been illegal and everyone knows it.
However, the statement is significant because the UN (forever running scared of the US) usually shies away from speaking the truth.
Perhaps dear old Ban can spare a minute to visit the families of the two boys killed by the IDF yesterday near Nablus. Or is that gong too far?
However, the statement is significant because the UN (forever running scared of the US) usually shies away from speaking the truth.
Perhaps dear old Ban can spare a minute to visit the families of the two boys killed by the IDF yesterday near Nablus. Or is that gong too far?
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Posted 22 March 2010 - 10:04 AM
"Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out any concession on the building of settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, despite international pressure. Mr Netanyahu said he had written to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove any doubt about the issue. He made the remarks hours before he left for Washington to address the influential pro-Israeli group, Aipac. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8579273.stm
This is the perfect time for Obama to draw that line in the sand and stop all US guarantees for building in the West Bank. Let the Israelis and their sycophants in the USA know that American foreign policy is made by patriots comitted to upholding the vital national interests of America, not Zionism. Let's all hope Obama has the balls to draw that line.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8579273.stm
This is the perfect time for Obama to draw that line in the sand and stop all US guarantees for building in the West Bank. Let the Israelis and their sycophants in the USA know that American foreign policy is made by patriots comitted to upholding the vital national interests of America, not Zionism. Let's all hope Obama has the balls to draw that line.
