Showing posts with label Har Homa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Har Homa. Show all posts

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Rice rebukes Israel for divisive building plans


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells USA TODAY reporters Tuesday that she admonished Israel's plans to expand a settlement in East Jerusalem, where most of the city's Arabs live.

"The Israeli action "undermines confidence" needed to revive dormant peace talks, she said at an hour-long session with USA TODAY reporters and editors. She issued an "admonition" that both sides had an "obligation to be very careful about activities that undermine confidence.""

Angry start to Palestinian talks

"Palestinian negotiators used the first session since the international Middle East conference in Annapolis to express their outrage over plans for an expansion of the settlement of Har Homa - already criticised by the US, EU and UK government."