Obama: Settlement expansion could be ‘dangerous’
President Obama had harsh words Wednesday about Israeli settlement expansion, saying it "embitters the Palestinians in a way that could be very dangerous." He made the comments in an interview in China with Fox News which will be broadcast in full Wednesday evening, but here's the quote from a report on the Fox News website:
The situation in the Middle East is very difficult, and I've said repeatedly and I'll say again, Israel's security is a vital national interest to the United States, and we will make sure they are secure," Obama said. "I think that additional settlement building does not contribute to Israel's security. I think it makes it harder for them to make peace with their neighbors. I think it embitters the Palestinians in a way that could end up being very dangerous.
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Yosef Hartuv
11/18/09 09:25 PM
Battle Over The Identity Of Eretz Yisrael
It is still difficult to imagine that even though his passion remains within these words, he is no longer with us.
By Tsafrir Ronen z"l
Written Thursday, May 22, 2008
The historic significance of the rise of settlements since the beginning of Zionism has been not just to restore the Jewish people to Eretz Yisrael, but chiefly to reinstate the Hebrew identify of Eretz Yisrael.....The desire to destroy settlements is the desire to destroy the identity of Eretz Yisrael – the land of the people of Israel.
http://calevbenyefuneh.blogspot.com/2009/11/battle-over-identity-of-eretz-yisrael.html#links