Friday, March 26, 2010

Even In The Face Of Overwhelming International Opposition, Israel Will Still Do What Israel Wants



As U.S.-Israel Rift Continues, Netanyahu Finds Himself In A Bind -- Washington Post

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was welcomed home Thursday night with signs reading "Obama, No You Can't" and "Netanyahu Stand Strong" after a trip to Washington that appeared only to widen a two-week-old rift between the close allies over Israeli housing construction.

The support expressed by a few dozen people at the entrance to Jerusalem belied widespread doubts here about Netanyahu's handling of relations with President Obama. The premier's tough U.S. visit came during a week in which Israel also found itself at odds with Britain, which on Tuesday expelled an Israeli diplomat over what it said was the use of forged British passports in an alleged Mossad operation.

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More News On Israel

Netanyahu Remains Firm on Jerusalem Housing -- New York Times
Israel to continue building in east Jerusalem -- AP
Israel Refuses to Halt Construction in East Jerusalem -- Voice of America
Netanyahu to Meet with Cabinet on Israeli-US Rift -- Voice of America
Inside the Netanyahu bubble -- BBC
Struggle for Jerusalem goes on, four decades after war -- Reuters
East Jerusalem: A tale of two neighborhoods -- CNN

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