U.S. rebukes Israel for fresh bid to build 690 settlement homes - Haaretz

Last update - 07:34 08/09/2006

U.S. rebukes Israel for fresh bid to build 690 settlement homes

By Reuters

The United States gently rebuked Israel on Thursday for plans to build 690 new homes in two Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite an obligation under the U.S.-backed roadmap peace plan to halt such construction.

"The policy is the same. .... There should not be expansion of the settlements," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in response to a question at his daily briefing.

McCormack said that the U.S. government raises the issue with Israel but typically does so in private.

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"This is an issue that we do talk to the Israeli government about," he said, adding, "Often times those discussions are done quietly and they are done privately - and you may not hear about them - but we do talk about the issue."

An Israeli government agency has issued a tender inviting bids on 348 plots in the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement and 342 in Betar Illit. The tenders published by Israeli media on Monday were the largest number of housing bids for settlement building offered since Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took office on May 4.

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1.	Israel needs to push the Jewish position	23:43	\|	Mosheh Wolfish	07/09/06

2.	State department, anti-semitic?	23:58	\|	Gili	07/09/06

3.	State Dept is at it again	23:58	\|	Robert	07/09/06

4.	Israel, you know how much I love you, but....	23:58	\|	Dave	07/09/06

5.	".... gently rebuked...."	00:08	\|	zmogus	08/09/06

6.	Sneaky timing for announcing settlement expansion	00:08	\|	Pablo B	08/09/06

7.	Israel, USA and the UN	00:12	\|	marco	08/09/06

8.	US Rebuke re settlements	00:23	\|	Ray	08/09/06

9.	US Doesn`t Really Mean It	00:27	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/09/06

10.	lawyers unite	00:34	\|	confused	08/09/06

11.	Israel has rights	00:39	\|	Brod	08/09/06

12.	Until . . .	00:56	\|	Veritas	08/09/06

13.	Dave,what good did it bring to leave Gaza?	00:59	\|	Absolute Sweden	08/09/06

14.	Israel, US & the UN	01:01	\|	wibism	08/09/06

15.	Why a rebuke at all?	01:06	\|	peter	08/09/06

16.	Look at the settlements...	01:09	\|	bad leb	08/09/06

17.	US rebukes Israel for settlements	01:38	\|	Michael	08/09/06

18.	Actually...	01:42	\|	Canadian	08/09/06

19.	Interesting inconsistency...	01:44	\|	Hanoman	08/09/06

20.	RE: Israel has rights	01:45	\|	michael	08/09/06

21.	GO LOOK ON GOOGLE EARTH	01:45	\|	NeutralObserver	08/09/06

22.	USA UNDERSTANDS ISRAEL POSITION,BUT IN PUBLIC THEY "PROTEST"))))	01:47	\|	-VOICE of MOSHIACH))	08/09/06

23.	For Brod in USA	01:53	\|	Hanoman	08/09/06

24.	ENOUGH Bush and Condi!	02:07	\|	ilana	08/09/06

25.	are these suburbs	02:15	\|	Sheri	08/09/06

26.	Re; # 8	02:21	\|	Read ur bible	08/09/06

27.	690 is not enough.. Shuold build 690,000!!	02:23	\|	Mozz	08/09/06

28.	Judea and Samaria ARE part of Israel..makes sense to expand	02:34	\|	David	08/09/06

29.	This is all Jewish land, stop building Muslim settlement	02:38	\|	Vladimir Jabotinsky	08/09/06

30.	#8 Historic land	02:39	\|	Johnboy	08/09/06

31.	HOW CAN YOU CALL ISREALITE A SETTLER WHEN HE INDIGENOUS	02:42	\|	FOR JUSTICE	08/09/06

32.	Tell Bush to Shove It	02:46	\|	Charles Mandel	08/09/06

33.	to 14	02:53	\|	paulo2006	08/09/06

34.	Brod - "GW Bush is a Latent Islamic Jihadist"	02:56	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/09/06

35.	RE 8 Wrong	03:15	\|	Alan (the original)	08/09/06

36.	The US should not pay for this	03:16	\|	Joe Buck	08/09/06

37.	#15 Will not address you by your chosen name	03:17	\|	ilana	08/09/06

38.	I do not understand	03:26	\|	Ruy Lopez	08/09/06

39.	Israel does not want peace.	03:29	\|	renee	08/09/06

40.	Israel Never Learns	03:29	\|	dan	08/09/06

41.	To Brod	03:41	\|	Marco	08/09/06

42.	The only possible conclusion	03:45	\|	Mark Lincoln	08/09/06

43.	To Mozz	03:46	\|	Marco	08/09/06

44.	Settlements	03:46	\|	Dwido	08/09/06

45.	Michael 10, 13	03:47	\|	Brod	08/09/06

46.	to David	03:48	\|	Marco	08/09/06

47.	US Wrong Interpratation of Settlement.	04:06	\|	Joseph E .	08/09/06

48.	Hanoman 12, 16	04:11	\|	Brod	08/09/06

49.	To # 17 Sheri , Rockville , MD , USA .	04:15	\|	Joseph E .	08/09/06

50.	Settlers	04:15	\|	Ann	08/09/06

51.	#15 I apologize	04:27	\|	ilana	08/09/06

52.	These Crybabies Whine,Whine....	04:29	\|	Abe	08/09/06

53.	Mark 22	04:29	\|	Brod	08/09/06

54.	To # 25 ILANA	04:29	\|	Joseph E .	08/09/06

55.	Johnboy 22	04:46	\|	Brod	08/09/06

56.	Article 24 PLO charter gives up right to Gaza and west bank	04:49	\|	Jabadini	08/09/06

57.	The Buck stops here	04:50	\|	Dwido	08/09/06

58.	Most money given to Israel is loans not donation	04:54	\|	Jabadini	08/09/06

59.	Israel is doing the right and just thing	04:56	\|	Nechama	08/09/06

60.	to Sheri	04:59	\|	joe	08/09/06

61.	ISRAEL BUILDS HOMES FOR ITS PEOPLE & USA SAYS NOT KOSHER?	05:17	\|	DAVID	08/09/06

62.	The `road map` to oblivion by USA`s sponsors	05:26	\|	Sal	08/09/06

63.	everyone is a settler	05:44	\|	settler	08/09/06

64.	#28 funding	05:55	\|	sovereign	08/09/06

65.	Good for you, Brod	05:56	\|	Ann	08/09/06

66.	Americans being fleeced in more ways then one	06:04	\|	Ann	08/09/06

67.	Elaborate please	06:10	\|	Ann	08/09/06

68.	To # 15, 40 and 43	06:15	\|	Eli	08/09/06

69.	To Brod	06:16	\|	Michael	08/09/06

70.	Dwido, may I have it in writing?	06:18	\|	Ann	08/09/06

71.	Jabadini, show me the quote	06:20	\|	Ann	08/09/06

72.	Don`t Worry	06:25	\|	Michael	08/09/06

73.	The Settlements Should Stop	06:31	\|	Eli	08/09/06

74.	#17 I really did mean it as a question	06:42	\|	Sheri	08/09/06

75.	Jabadini	06:54	\|	Jim Anderson	08/09/06

76.	To # 54 ANN ,ANNNNND # 41 BROD	06:58	\|	Joseph E .	08/09/06

77.	Not even Bush stands with Israel on this	07:03	\|	Int`l community	08/09/06

78.	Time for U.S. and Israel to go separate ways.	07:05	\|	Timothy	08/09/06

79.	#26 Charles Mandel	07:18	\|	Int`l community	08/09/06

80.	Hi! We`re going to starve you!	07:33	\|	TJO	08/09/06

81.	Settlements for Khazars?!	07:35	\|	kahane	08/09/06

82.	More Terra	07:52	\|	ron	08/09/06

83.	rebuke	07:59	\|	colin	08/09/06

84.	nudge nudge wink wink	08:21	\|	watcher	08/09/06

85.	Jabadini: Loans and not donations	08:31	\|	Guy From NYC	08/09/06

86.	46 Brod - USA Does Not Recognize the Annexation	08:33	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/09/06

87.	53 Sovereign - Funding	08:46	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/09/06

88.	36 Mark Lincoln - No Other Conclusion	08:56	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/09/06

89.	#18 ilana	09:00	\|	Michael	08/09/06

90.	C`mon Sherri	09:00	\|	john	08/09/06

91.	to ilana	09:00	\|	kal	08/09/06

92.	Sand Monkeys	09:23	\|	shukry	08/09/06

93.	The American Jewish Lobby works its magic again	09:29	\|	Clickfool	08/09/06

94.	I`m confused	09:46	\|	Michael II	08/09/06

95.	funding	09:46	\|	Space	08/09/06

96.	To number 8 Brod	09:49	\|	Ed	08/09/06

97.	Settlements vs villages	09:54	\|	bad lebanese	08/09/06

98.	us and israel	09:58	\|	tom	08/09/06

99.	To Sheri in Rocksville	10:23	\|	John	08/09/06

100.	To # 64 John	10:35	\|	Joseph E .	08/09/06

101.	colonialism is a form of warfare	12:48	\|	loza	08/09/06

102.	81. Joseph E.	14:38	\|	clearsighted	08/09/06

103.	Mark of Lewiston 69	14:51	\|	Brod	08/09/06

104.	Ed	15:22	\|	Brod	08/09/06

105.	Israeli arrogance ad infinitum	17:56	\|	Jack Rauber	08/09/06

106.	settlements	18:15	\|	bob wilson	08/09/06

107.	US state department Gili	18:32	\|	Jennifer	08/09/06

108.	settlements vs. villages	19:06	\|	Sheri	08/09/06

109.	To John	19:23	\|	Sheri	08/09/06

110.	WASTE OF MONEY	19:25	\|	Louis	08/09/06

111.	Michael	22:29	\|	Brod	08/09/06

112.	Mark of Lewiston	22:33	\|	Brod	08/09/06

113.	#108 brod	00:07	\|	watcher	09/09/06

114.	Brod - It is not Internal	02:19	\|	Mark of Lewiston	09/09/06

115.	Brod	03:34	\|	Michael	09/09/06

116.	Mark of Lewiston	15:46	\|	Brod	09/09/06

117.	Michael	16:04	\|	Brod	09/09/06

118.	Brod the bible thumper	06:27	\|	tom	10/09/06