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November 3, 2009 at 1:12 pm (Corrupt Politics, Israel, Media, Palestine)
Who was it that said that ‘white man speaks with forked tongue’? ….. Shouldn’t it be ‘white Madam’?
Palestinians condemn Hillary Clinton over Jewish settlements stance
Nov 2, 2009 – 1:48:40 PM
Nov 2, 2009 – 1:48:40 PM
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The Palestinian government has accused the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, of undermining progress towards Middle East peace talks after she praised Israel for offering to curb construction of some Jewish settlements. After meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a visit on Saturday, Clinton called for an unconditional resumption of peace talks and welcomed Israel’s offer of a slowdown in settlement activity.
All of a sudden, after 10 months and who knows how many meetings, freezing construction in the settlements is no longer a precondition for negotiations. True, until now the Palestinians were willing to negotiate the end of the occupation while their partner made it worse. That is how we have gone from 109,000 settlers – not including East Jerusalem – when the Oslo Accords were signed 16 years ago to more than 300,000 today.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said that Israel must make greater efforts to ensure peace with the Palestinians, a day after supporting Israel on the contentious settlements issue. Speaking in Morocco while meeting Arab foreign ministers on Monday, Clinton said that Washington remains opposed to Israeli settlements. She said that “positive steps” taken by the Palestinians towards peace, such as improved security in the occupied West Bank, “should be met by positive steps from Israel”.
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