Netanyahu: US criticism is pushing peace away

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Prime minister responds to State Department criticism, saying 'just as the French build in Paris and just as the English build in London - Israelis build in Jerusalem.'

Attila Somfalvi
Published: 10.28.14,

Responding to US criticism that settlement construction was pushing peace further away, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged Tuesday that it was criticism that was pushing peace away.

"We will continue building in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. We've built in Jerusalem, we are building in Jerusalem and will continue building in Jerusalem," he said.



"I heard a claim that our construction in the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem is pushing peace away, it is criticism that is pushing peace away," Netanyahu added.

The US State Department said Monday that recent Israeli actions are not reflective of an administration pursuing peace.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4585195,00.html

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1. Kind of a difference, Bibi ...

Paris is in France.
London is in England.

East Jerusalem is not in Israel.