U.S. Demand for Settlement Freeze includes Jerusalem

     

Israel Matzav:

In case you had any doubts, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly made it official on Monday in an interview with the Jerusalem Post:

The Obama administration demand for a 'settlement freeze' includes the eastern part of Jerusalem.

 

 

"We're talking about all settlement activity, yes, in the area across the line," he said, referring to neighborhoods in Jerusalem over the Green Line, or pre-1967 armistice line, in response to a question on where America's calls to halt construction in the settlements would be applied. 

 

... the Netanyahu government had been working under the assumption that US officials' call to halt even natural growth in the settlements did not refer to neighborhoods in the city, according to high-placed government officials.

Kelly's comments Monday, however, made clear that Jerusalem was included, suggesting that efforts to finesse the disagreement could be further complicated.

 

 

Comments

[NormanF]

Israel Matzav points out its the last demand Israel will ever agree to. The Administration does not want to end tensions with Israel. It needs them to justify its appeasement of Iran and the Arabs.