It did not take the Israel Lobby long to make mincemeat out of the Obama administration’s “no new settlements” position. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu is bragging about Israel’s latest victory over the US government as Israel continues to build illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
In May President Obama read the Israelis the riot act, telling the Israeli government that he was serious about ending the Israeli conflict with the Palestinians and that a lasting peace agreement required the Israeli government to abandon all construction of new settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Tags: Goldstone report, illegal settlements, Israel, israel Lobby, Obama administration, Paul Craig Roberts, President Obama, United States, US Rep. Dennis Kucinich, war crimes in Gaza
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