Israel has said it will pause building new settlements in the occupied West Bank for "the coming months".

The move appears to be the fruit of behind-the-scenes talks by the US with Israeli and Palestinian officials.

It comes as Palestinian leaders are being heavily criticised for agreeing to the withdrawal of a UN Security Council resolution on settlements.

The council instead issued a symbolic statement expressing "deep concern and dismay" at recent developments.

Last week, Israel announced the legalisation of nine unauthorised outposts and approved the planning and building of nearly 10,000 new housing units in existing settlements.

These steps are not expected to be reversed.

 

Washington had previously publicly warned Israel, its closest Middle Eastern ally, not to authorise new settlements.

The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.

The tragedy of the Palestinians continues, and the end will IMO be unpleasant all round.

Biden has read the riot act to the new nazis.

Paused until there's a new President .

Joe could lose the Jewish vote

20 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Washington had previously publicly warned Israel, its closest Middle Eastern ally, not to authorise new settlements.

The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.

Situation normal, America "warns" or issues some meaningless statement, and does nothing to stop Israel doing whatever it wants.

Shameful.

27 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Paused until there's a new President .

Joe could lose the Jewish vote

Nope, most American Jews hate Netanyahu. They always have and always will vote liberal.

 

The lead-up to Israel’s election has revealed deep fractures between the Israeli prime minister and American Jews.

 

For some American Jews, the strong alliance between Netanyahu and Donald Trump of the past few years has added stress to their relationship with Israel, which has become especially fraught in the years since the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in the early 2000s. While some Jews in the U.S. appreciate Trump’s positions on Israel, many detest the American president’s domestic politics and believe that he has enabled anti-Semitism and xenophobia.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/04/israel-votes-as-american-jews-and-netanyahu-grow-apart/586705/

2 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Biden has read the riot act to the new nazis.

Are you saying that Israelis are Nazis ?

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Are you saying that Israelis are Nazis ?

Yes. They are committing crimes against humanity. They don't need to be as bad as the nazis to be compared to them. It's regrettable that a nation that suffered so much can be so evil as Israel is today.

 

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-a-cruel-system-of-domination-and-a-crime-against-humanity/

 

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/continued-perpetration-of-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-by-israel-against-the-palestinian-people-letter-from-state-of-palestine-a-es-10-900-s-2022-377/