Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 18:12:09 GMT
Meretz MK: Int'l community thinks Netanyahu has lost his mind
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Meretz Councilman Dr. Meir Margalit, who holds the east Jerusalem Portfolio, responded to Thursday’s government approval of tenders for construction of homes in the eastern portion of the city by questioning Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s sanity.
Of the 1,500 homes approved, 400 will be built in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. During a 2010 visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, announced plans to construct there sparked a major row with the US regarding building rights in sections of the capital that are located over the Green Line.
They were also seen as destabilizing the proximity talks now taking place between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
“I think that the prime minister is losing his mind to make such a provocation now, which goes against the Americans more than the Palestinians,” he said by phone. “The main goal of this action is to destroy any chance for further negotiations, which is exactly what the Americans are trying to do.”
Moreover, Margalit contended that the move will result in Israel’s increased isolation internationally.
“To the international community the prime minister has lost his mind, and it will only encourage them to take more action against Israel because the government has become so unreasonable that the Western world will realize that something proactive must be done in order to save what remains of the peace process,” he said.
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The councilman added that the international community should respond with greater isolation of Israel economically, through ongoing boycotts, and perhaps by imposing sanctions.
“I hope the international community will react as soon as possible through economic punishment, because this is the only language this government understands,” he opined.
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Meretz Councilman Dr. Meir Margalit, who holds the east Jerusalem Portfolio, responded to Thursday’s government approval of tenders for construction of homes in the eastern portion of the city by questioning Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s sanity.
Of the 1,500 homes approved, 400 will be built in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. During a 2010 visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, announced plans to construct there sparked a major row with the US regarding building rights in sections of the capital that are located over the Green Line.
They were also seen as destabilizing the proximity talks now taking place between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
“I think that the prime minister is losing his mind to make such a provocation now, which goes against the Americans more than the Palestinians,” he said by phone. “The main goal of this action is to destroy any chance for further negotiations, which is exactly what the Americans are trying to do.”
Moreover, Margalit contended that the move will result in Israel’s increased isolation internationally.
“To the international community the prime minister has lost his mind, and it will only encourage them to take more action against Israel because the government has become so unreasonable that the Western world will realize that something proactive must be done in order to save what remains of the peace process,” he said.
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The councilman added that the international community should respond with greater isolation of Israel economically, through ongoing boycotts, and perhaps by imposing sanctions.
“I hope the international community will react as soon as possible through economic punishment, because this is the only language this government understands,” he opined.
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Full article (The Jerusalem Post)
And Netanyahu is the one that has lost his mind? Lol at the picture in the article together with this article, by the way. The Jerusalem Post sure knows how to pick their pictures.
