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Related: About this forumNetanyahu slams White House on settlements criticism
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at the White House after Washington criticized Israeli plans to build thousands more settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported on Thursday.Public radio quoted Netanyahu as telling US President Barack Obama in talks in Washington Wednesday to "study the facts and details before making statements" about the settlement plan.
The approval of 2,610 new housing units in East Jerusalem drew condemnation from Washington, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest warning that the move would "distance Israel from even its closest allies."
Netanyahu told Israeli journalists after the meeting that the plans had been in the pipeline for two years.
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Netanyahu slams White House on settlements criticism (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Oct 2014
OP
I don't think Netanyahu should ask Washington to "study the facts and details"
Scootaloo
Oct 2014
#4
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)1. You have almost totally taken over the West Bank.
There will be a push back Mr. Netanyahu.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)2. He doesn't consider any housing in E Jerusalem to be settlements
He says they are just neighborhoods in Jerusalem. He does this with everyone who calls them settlements (like in an interview with CNN, for instance).
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)3. "plans in the pipeline two years
SO? These settlements were illegal and criticized since their beginning.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)4. I don't think Netanyahu should ask Washington to "study the facts and details"
Given that this particular alliance is based entirely off mythology and obfuscation, it's really the last thing Netanyahu should want.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)5. we need a refund
On this place and all the money the US is pouring into it. Tell BN to shut his face.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)6. oh dear did we 'second guess' Bibi again?
shame on us