Visiting US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday harshly condemned an announcement by Israel's Interior Ministry that it had approved the building of 1,600 new apartments in a large Jewish neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem.
The neighborhood in question is Ramat Shlomo, where tens of thousands of religious Orthodox Jews already live. Nevertheless, it is one of the neighborhoods the Palestinians insist must be evacuated and surrendered in return for peace.
Israelis have warned in the past that condemnations such as the one Biden issued only make peace more difficult by giving the Palestinians the justification they need to never compromise and never truly make peace with Israel.
As if on cue, the Palestinian Authority followed Biden's statement by declaring that the new building plans had further destroyed trust between the two sides and put upcoming indirect peace negotiations in jeopardy. There will never be peace until the Messiah comes to reign on earth.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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