With this East Jerusalem housing issue, the Israelis have
once again raised the ire of the rest of the world, which,
incidentally, does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel, or East Jerusalem as belonging to Israel.

But, I can tell you exactly how this is going to end. The
Jews will simply do as they have always done. They will
hunker down and wait until the heat blows over, and the new
housing units will be built in East Jerusalem. Netanyahu is
fully committed to it, because he is a pro-settler P.M.
Consider this key paragraph from the news article below:

----- Begin Quote -----

Mr. Netanyahu has not said he will try to rescind the plan
for the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, nor has
he expressed regret for building in East Jerusalem.

----- End Quote -----

In short, the USA and other countries will make noise over
this for now, but in the end, Israel will get what it wants
. . . unless, of course, Obama proves to not be an Israeli
puppet, as past US presidents have been.


Clinton Rebukes Israel for Housing Announcement

By MARK LANDLER - NYT

March 12, 2010


WASHINGTON -- In a tense, 43-minute phone call on Friday
morning, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel's plan for new
housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem sent a "deeply
negative signal" about Israeli-American relations, and not
just because it spoiled a visit by Vice President Joseph R.
Biden Jr.

Mr. Biden, in Israel this week to declare American support
for its security, had already condemned the move as
undermining the peace process. But Mrs. Clinton went a good
deal further in her conversation with Mr. Netanyahu, saying
it had harmed "the bilateral relationship," according to the
State Department spokesman, Philip J. Crowley.

Such blunt language toward Israel is very rare from an
American administration, and several officials said Mrs.
Clinton was relaying the anger of President Obama at the
announcement, which was made by Israel's Interior Ministry
and which Mr. Netanyahu said caught him off guard.

The Israeli leader repeated his surprise about the plan to
Mrs. Clinton, a senior official said, and apologized again
for the timing. But that did not appear to mollify Mrs.
Clinton, who said she "could not understand how this
happened, particularly in light of the United States' strong
commitment to Israel's security," Mr. Crowley said.

Hours after the phone call, Israel was again condemned for
the plan in a statement issued by the United States, Russia,
the European Union and the United Nations, which work
together in a group known as the Middle East quartet to
mediate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael B. Oren, was
summoned to the State Department on Friday by the deputy
secretary of state, James B. Steinberg, a senior American
official said. The Israeli Embassy declined to comment on
Friday evening.

The coordinated moves were a remarkable show of displeasure
by the Obama administration, which has been rebuffed in its
yearlong effort to persuade Israel to freeze construction of
settlements as a first step toward reviving the long-stalled
peace talks. Mr. Obama has been personally involved,
discussing the matter with Mrs. Clinton in their regularly
scheduled Oval Office meeting on Thursday.

But the moves place the administration in a delicate
position, two weeks before the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group, holds its
annual meeting in Washington. Both Mrs. Clinton and Mr.
Netanyahu are scheduled to speak at the gathering.

On Friday, Mrs. Clinton told the prime minister that the
United States expected Israeli officials to take "specific
actions" to show "they are committed to this relationship
and to the peace process," Mr. Crowley said.

He declined to say what those actions were, though other
administration officials said the United States hoped Israel
would do something drastic enough to send a signal to the
already reluctant Palestinian Authority that it was
committed to the peace process.

Mr. Biden also spoke to Mr. Netanyahu Friday, reiterating
the message.

Mr. Netanyahu has not said he will try to rescind the plan
for the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, nor has
he expressed regret for building in East Jerusalem.

Last November, the Israeli government imposed a 10-month
partial freeze on the construction of Jewish settlements in
the West Bank. But it exempted Jerusalem because Israel has
annexed East Jerusalem and regards it as part of its united
capital, a position the rest of the world rejects.

In the absence of direct talks, the United States has begun
what it calls "proximity talks," in which the
administration's special envoy for the Middle East, George
J. Mitchell, carries messages between the Israelis and the
Palestinians. He had expected to return to the region on
Sunday, but will probably delay that by a day.

Next Friday, Mrs. Clinton is to meet in Moscow with leaders
of the quartet.

She waited to call Mr. Netanyahu until after Mr. Biden had
left Israel. Analysts said the administration held its fire
until Mr. Biden left so it would not undermine the trip's
purpose, which was to reach out to the Israeli population.

In a speech at Tel Aviv University on Thursday, Mr. Biden
spoke of the Obama administration's "ironclad commitment to
Israeli security." But in language added after the
settlement announcement was made, he said that "the status
quo is not sustainable," adding, "Sometimes, only a friend
can deliver the hardest truths."



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