U.S. "rebukes" Israel for latest plans for new settlements on occupied lands (Palestinians, Israeli)

[ParkTwain]

US harshly rebukes Israel on settlement plans - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_israel - broken link)
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The White House said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement plans were "inconsistent" with commitments the Jewish state has made previously and harmful to U.S. attempts to lay the groundwork for a resumption in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

"United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement expansion and we urge that it stop," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement. "We are working to create a climate in which negotiations can take place, and such actions make it harder to create such a climate."
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Later that day, U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, who is on record as saying, "[i] believe very strongly that we ought to support Israel, and that it has a right to the land, because God said so," [but, of course, so does the Koran regarding the claims of Muslims] was seen jumping alternately on one foot then the other, in Native American dance style, and chanting "warpath, warpath, ..."

Jim Inhofe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[HappyTexan]

So this administration is playing both sides..we support them, no we don't support them.

[66nexus]

^Honestly, it's hard not to see it that way.

[oberon_1]

The big question is what are Obama's plans for the region. I knew Clinton's. Bush on the other hand, preferred not to get involved.
During the last election campaign, I was under impression that Obama has a plan, but now I don't know.

[Huckleberry3911948]

i would say 1 year of missile attacks from hamas is a dealbreaker. repo is in order.