03/10/10

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Israel 'approves' 1600 homes in occupied East Jerusalem homes - just as 'peace talks' start, whilst the US vice president is visiting, following on from the 100+ new homes in the occupied West Bank. No doubt it will again be the fault of the Palestinians the "peace process" fails? BBC: Israel announces East Jerusalem homes as Biden visits. Al Jazeera: At least 3,000 protesters, including Israelis and Palestinians, have rallied in an Arab quarter of east Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Palestinians from their homes there in favor of Jewish settlers. PressTV: New Israeli settlements could derail talks: PA. Alan Hart: Two humiliations – Can Obama live with a third? Marco Villa: Israel Announces 1,600 Settlements as VP Biden Lands in Tel Aviv. AntiWar: Israel Shames Biden With Massive New Settlement Announcement Latest Announcement Came After Biden Praised Israel.

Talk To Action: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and John Hagee Share Stage as Biden Arrives in Israel: The late Jerry Falwell claimed in an interview with Vanity Fair that the Mayflower Hotel event in 1998 was planned by Netanyahu.

"I put together 1,000 people or so to meet with Bibi and he spoke to us that night," recalls Falwell. "It was all planned by Netanyahu as an affront to Mr. Clinton."

That evening, Falwell promised Netanyahu that he would mobilize pastors all over the country to resist the return of parts of the occupied West Bank territory to the Palestinians. Televangelist John Hagee, who gave $1 million to the United Jewish Appeal the following month, told the crowd that the Jewish return to the Holy Land signaled the "rapidly approaching ... final moments of history," then brought them to a frenzy chanting, "Not one inch!"--a reference to how much of the West Bank should be transferred to Palestinian control.

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