Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Palestinians win upgraded UN status by wide margin [View all]kayecy
(1,417 posts)Nentanyahu must have been feeling desperate:
Hillary Clinton warns Israel on settler homes The US has criticized Israel's decision to authorize the construction of 3,000 more housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that "these activities set back the cause of a negotiated peace". The White House had earlier described the proposal as "counter-productive".
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Addressing a Washington audience that included Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Mrs Clinton said the vote "should give all of us pause. All sides need to consider carefully the path ahead".
The Palestinians had to be persuaded, she said, that negotiations with Israel were the only path to an independent state.
It was in Israel's interest, she added, to make generous steps towards Palestinians in the West Bank as a bulwark for Israeli security, "whether or not there is a comprehensive agreement in the near future".
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20564484