Biden condemns Israel over homes plan

Guardian ^ | 9/3/2010

[Eleutheria5]

Joe Biden, the US vice-president, condemned a plan by Israel to build 1,600 homes on occupied Palestinian land in an East Jerusalem settlement.

The Israeli interior ministry's approval of the plan cast a cloud over a visit to the country by Biden just hours after he pledged strong support for the Israeli government.

In an unusually strong statement issued after he arrived 90 minutes late for a dinner with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said: "I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units."

He said the blueprint for Ramat Shlomo, an ultra-Orthodox settlement in an area of the West Bank annexed to Jerusalem, "undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions I've had in Israel".

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[Eleutheria5]

This article is greatly sanitized. I distinctly recall him saying back then that these new apartments were for the sake of "liebensraum" in Jerusalem, a disputed area for which "we are seeking a final solution" and he also showed up 90 minutes late for the state dinner in his honor because he was peeved that Bibi refused to serve "Hawaiian pork" as the theme for the dinner. All that has been excised from the present-day record of events in 2010.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Gee I dont remember Biden condemning Hamas or Islamic Jihad for murdering Israeli’s guess he was too busy high fiving Tlaib and Omar

[Leep]

Meanwhile America is being occupied by the thousands daily.

[isthisnickcool]

Hmm. Let me respond here and I will use the Palestinian language to do so:

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Scratch the surface, and underneath FJB's pandering wrinkled skin, you will find a bona fide Jew hater.

[Mlheureux]

Palestinian is a madeup word and was originally used to identify Jewish lands. I like the response - I’ll respond in the Palestinian language.

[oldplayer]

“. . . occupied Palestinian land.”

No bias at all in the leanings of this article! s/

How can the author make so many assumptions in one short phrase?

[Georgia Girl 2]

The only discussions Biden is having is over his puddin cups. 😏

[Eleutheria5]

But ten year ago, his teeth must have been real, ‘cause he wanted to dig in to some Hawaiian pork, and treif up the official Israeli kitchen.

[monkeyshine]

He went to the Jewish State and asked the government to serve him pork at a state dinner?

If that’s true it had to be a deliberate insult. I wonder if he’d ask the Saudis to serve ham sandwiches?

[BillyBoy]

I wonder when he will issue a statement condemning the government of Turkey for building new Islamic "settlements" on "occupied Christian land". And while he's at it, he can demand they come to the table and consider a "road map to peace" with a "two state solution" that would involve them handing over half of Istanbul to the descendants of the original Christians that were kicked out of there...