"A ‘Regrettable’ Event in East Jerusalem" By Noam Chomsky

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http://inthesetimes.com/article/5766/a_regrettable_event_in_east_jerusalem/

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A ‘Regrettable’ Event in East Jerusalem
By Noam Chomsky

Yet again the flashpoint is East Jerusalem, seized by Israel in the 1967 war—this time, a proposed 1,600-apartment complex in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. And yet again the aftermath has led to the death of Palestinians by Israeli gunfire.

On March 9, the Israeli interior ministry announced the new project during U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s visit to Israel. President Obama had called for curbing settlement expansion in occupied territory.

Reaction was immediate and intense. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly apologized for the announcement’s “regrettable” timing but insisted that Israel could build freely in East Jerusalem and elsewhere in the territories it intends to annex.

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1. "Israel can go only as far as the U.S. permits."

I don't think anyone could possibly argue against that truth.


snip* "The U.S. has long been a direct participant even in Israeli crimes it formally condemns—but with a wink."



My belief is that not nearly enough Americans realize that, nor what the consequences have been.



Thanks for posting.