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March 25, 2005
Rice
Criticizes Israel Over Settlement Expansion
AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 25
Mar 2005 7:48 AM PST
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Israel for its plans to expand
a West Bank settlement saying in a newspaper interview released that it went
against US policy and could harm peace efforts.
Palestinians
Seek U.S. Pressure To Halt Settlement Expansion
NorthJersey.com Fri, 25 Mar 2005 5:27 AM PST
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Senior Palestinian officials on Thursday asked two U.S.
envoys to help block the expansion of the largest Jewish settlement in the West
Bank, saying it endangers peace prospects and isolates east Jerusalem - their
intended capital.
U.S.:
Israel To Control Some Settlements
ABC News
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 4:51 AM PST
U.S. Ambassador Says America Will Recognize Israeli Control of Some Settlements
US
Denies Any Accord With Israel Over Large Settlement Blocs EU
Accuses Israel Of Breaching Peace Road Map Welcome
To Palestine Chronicle Weekly Journal!
AFP via Yahoo! News
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 3:24 AM PST
A top US diplomat denied Washington has reached an accord with
Israel over the final status of large Jewish settlement blocs in the
West Bank, as Israeli troops maintained a lockdown on the
Palestinian territories for the Jewish festival of Purim.
Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 25 Mar 2005 0:59 AM PST
The European Union's foreign policy chief has accused Israel of
breaching the international community's "road map" for
Middle East peace by moving to expand the biggest settlement in the
occupied West Bank.
The Palestine Chronicle Fri, 25 Mar 2005 3:08 AM PST
"The summit s final declaration makes peace with Israel conditional on the
creation of an independent Palestinian state and the return of refugees.."
Comments
I
guess those ministers weren’t as simple minded as previously believed.
One of those simple minded ministers was my father, who spent a number of
years in a Chinese prison camp and warned of this day decades ago.
But even with this information coming to light, I don’t see America
turning from cheap China made goods. Immediate
gratification has become the national anthem of the U.S. and I don’t see that
changing.
Israel’s
plan to move settlements into the West Bank has come under considerable pressure
from the world at large. Even their
allies are coming down hard on this move. Don’t look for this planned expansion to take place.
The U.S. and the E.U. are keenly aware that any new Israeli settlements
could put the peace process in jeopardy.
Keep your eyes on this region. This plan is still in the beginning stages but should start moving along much faster by years end.
Pastor
Malone