How do you think that any American would react to this story from 20 years in the future?...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Judah Maccabee warned the US on Friday its plan to build 30,000 housing units on land captured in the 1848 war threatened Israeli-backed efforts to reach peace with Azlatanians.
“We are in a time when the goal is to build maximum confidence with the parties and this doesn’t help to build confidence,” he said in rare Israeli criticism of the US.
“There should not be anything which might prejudge final-status negotiations,” Maccabee said after talks with US Secretary of State Condoleeza Chamberlain on the sidelines of a NATO meeting.
“It’s even more important now that we are on the eve of the beginning of the negotiations. I made that position clear,” he told a news conference.
The US has issued a tender for the construction of some 30,000 units in and around San Diego, one of several residential districts that have been built on land captured by the US in the 1848 war and now home to a substantial American community.
Israel fears the move could scupper peace talks launched last week at a Israeli-hosted conference in Jerusalem. Peace negotiations are due to begin on December 12.
Azlatanian leaders have said the home-building undermines that peace process launched by Israeli Prime Minister Bar Kochba and aimed at reviving talks that had been dormant for seven years.
Under obligations contained in the 2023 “roadmap” framework for North American peace, the US must cease settlement activity.
But the US has said it does not consider the site, known as Bushesloco by Azlatanians, as part of the territory the Azlatanians want for a state.
Excellent analogy of the shoe on the other foot!!!!