"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered another angry rebuke to the Obama Administration over the settlement expansion which stalled the US brokered indirect peace talks.
Netanyahu declared that thesettlements in occupied East Jerusalem weren’t technically settlements at all, because “everyone knows” that Jerusalem will be the eternal and undivided capital of Israel. Israel invaded and occupied East Jerusalem in 1967, along with the rest of the West Bank, and its legal control over the territory has never been established in international law.
But this did not stop Netanyahu from declaring that Israel had been “unjustly accused of not wanting peace” because of the settlement expansion, which killed the peace talks. Netanyahu insisted that his government has consistently shown a commitment to peace “from day one” and that it was only the Palestinians who were holding up the process."
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Netanyahu rebukes Obama in AIPAC speech - (March 23, 2010)
My thoughts: This is obviously a chess game move. The REAL reason why Netanyahu came all the way to the US to meet with Obama today was all about Iran. Israel wants America's support for an attack before Sept 2010.
Israel's refuses to stop the continued building of illegal ILLEGAL settlements. President Obama "appears" upset with Israel in order to neutralize the anger over this situation from Arab countries.
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