Kerry Restates US Opposition To Settlements- Unveils 75million In Aid To Palestine.

[KittyWampus]

Reposting from LBN. Funny how this isn't a big story here in GD. His comments about Saudi women driving sure were.


US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem yesterday.




His first meeting of the day was with Netanyahu, who denounced the Palestinians for threatening to quit the talks over Israel’s continued settlement construction on land they want for their future state.

(snip)

But following more than two hours of talks with the Palestinians, including 40 minutes one-to-one with President Mahmoud Abbas, he was quick to reiterate US opposition to the settlements.

“We consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate,” Kerry said.

(snip)

During his stopover in Bethlehem, Kerry unveiled $75mn in new US aid for Palestinian infrastructure projects in the West Bank.



Read more: http://www.gulf-times.com/region/216/details/370901/kerry-restates-us-opposition-to-settlements

[stevenleser]

1. This should be good

Will be interesting to see how the Kerry critics try to spin this

[cali]

2. lol here's a kick for you, kit.

complain on.

and yes, it's good that Kerry is adhering to this long standing U.S. position on settlements- but it's hardly big news.