Where did “Settlements” go?
Spencer Ackerman has a nice catch (h/t to a Ben Smith tweet):
When the White House press shop sent out its statement criticizing Israel this afternoon — I received mine at 2:14 p.m. — the headline above the statement read: “Statement by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the Approval of Settlement Expansion in Jerusalem.” But the version that appears online has the headline “Statement by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Jerusalem.”
UPDATE: A source tells me that "settlements" was a press shop error, corrrected by National SWecurity Council folks better aware of White House policy.
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Yosef Hartuv
11/18/09 10:59 AM
In a Tizzy Again: The Jerusalem Post reports:
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is willing to show “restraint” in constructionin the West Bank, but will not accept any restriction on building in Jerusalem, senior government sources said Tuesday night. Their comments followed the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Committee’s approval of a plan to build some 900 new units in the southeastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo and the ensuing international objections.
The administration is unhinged again (isn’t it always?) over Jerusalem settlements:
“We are dismayed at the Jerusalem Planning Committee’s decision to move forward on the approval process for the expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem,” [Robert] Gibbs said in a statement. (Continue)
http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-tizzy-again.html#links