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Jordan warns Israel of settlements expansion consequences - “Regrettable action”

Global Arab Network - - Ahmed Gamal

Sunday, 14 March 2010 23:10

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“Regrettable action”
While, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deemed Sunday the announcement of a plan on constructing new residential units as something regrettable and hurting feelings before claiming that "it happened in good faith."
This admission by Netanyahu came at the outset of the weekly mini-cabinet meeting, during which he stressed that "this announcement should not take place altogether." Netanyahu pointed out in an interview with Radio Israel that "he issued instructions to the effect of assigning a team of general directors to find facts on the sequence of events in this case to ensure the non-occurrence of such incidents in the future."

However, Radio Israel did not mention whether or not Netanyahu - who described the announcement in the past as being "a timing error" - is going to cancel the latest settlement project, which stoked the rage of the US officials and coincided with the visit of US Vice President Joe Biden to the Middle East last weekend.

To engage in indirect negotiations, the Palestinians demand the halt of settlement activities all over the West Bank and Jerusalem, and they are awaiting an official response from the US Administration.
However, Netanyahu stressed that "it is important to realize the US and Israel have common interests and that they will operate accorning to the interests of the State of Israel." Finally, the Israeli premier denied "what some Israeli newspapers reported of analyses asserting a damage that befell the US-Israeli relations as a result of announcing the construction of 1,600 settlement units in Jerusalem". (Kuna, Petra, Agencies)

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