“One thing should be clear: we will never accept the definition of building in Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem as settlement activity,” he said at a news conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
“We won’t accept any limitation on building in Jewish areas of (east) Jerusalem,” he said.
His remarks came four days after Israel approved plans to build 200 homes in Ramot in Occupied East Jerusalem despite months of almost daily clashes and tensions there with Palestinians, triggered in part by settlement expansion.
The announcement prompted a sharply-worded rebuke from Washington which reiterated its “unequivocal” opposition to such construction in east Jerusalem, warning it could “exacerbate this difficult situation on the ground and... will not contribute to efforts to reduce the tension.”
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Israel seized east Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed in a move never recognized by the international community.
It refers to the entire city as its “united, undivided capital” and does not view construction there as settlement activity.
The Palestinians want the city’s eastern sector as capital of their promised state and vehemently oppose any Israeli attempt to expand construction there.
Last Update: Sunday, 16 November 2014 KSA 12:36 - GMT 09:36
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16/11/14
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Israel no limitará la ampliación de colonias en Jerusalén este ...
ReplyDeleteIsrael "no aceptará nunca limitar la construcción" de viviendas en Jerusalén este -parte palestina de la ciudad ocupada por Israel-, afirmó hoy el ministro de Exteriores israelí, Avigdor Lieberman.
"Una cosa tiene que quedar clara: nunca aceptaremos la definición de que construir en vecindarios judíos de Jerusalén forma parte de la actividad de los asentamientos", dijo en una rueda de prensa con su homólogo alemán, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Añadió que no aceptarán ninguna limitación sobre la construcción en zonas judías de Jerusalén (este).
Jerusalén este es, según la ONU y la comunidad internacional, territorio palestino y, por lo tanto lo que Israel denomina como barrios judíos son colonias...........http://sp.ria.ru/international/20141116/163095052.html
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