For first time, Britain, France may recall ambassadors to protest Israel's settlement construction

Judging from all the comments received one must assume the vast majority of your readers are Hamas supporters

supporting settlements and occupation, should be sanctionned and certainly not welcome in any country of the world

WATER....That's what this enterprise is about and no-one, not Israel, the Palestinians, the Jordanians are talking about it...WATER

forbidden by oslo he was supposed to warrant, Israel is free to do whateher they wish to do !

About time !!! Israel does not need these frence and british people /

Israel is worried...and it needs to be. Ending the Occupation and dismantling the settlements is the ONLY option viable open to Israel. It needs to stop messing about and stop blocking the inevitable rise of a Palestinian State. It is the only way a Jewish State can survive.

Why did Barak leave ? Perhaps he saw the intransigence of Netanyahu who doesn't heed to logic,& is at missteps with the surrounding world. A self-important,& bloated personality bringing more harm than good to Israel.

Continued construction in Jerusalem is the best way to strengthen the hold of Israel in its capital. Planned construction in E1 will also stengthen our hold, by extending the periphery of our capital. However, these are things that should be done (and in the past have been done) without raising a ruckus and the public ire of rthe US and the EU. The Netanyahu, which likes to brag anout its actions, only weakens the chance that these actions will bwe allowed to proceed. In world diplomacy, mum's the word.

Time that Bibi got his hand slapped!

prefer Chelem to Paradise on Earth.

.....It is de-legitimizing itself.

A childish ,irresponsible and very dangerous Israeli "politics " . Do we think we can go against the whole world ,including our best allies ? When is this crazyness going to stop ?

I am so glad I got out of England when I did, the only connections I want to have to England now is my relatives, my British passport for if Mossad are ever in need of a British passport to forge and I still vote by post try and elect somebody who will be good for Israel. If Israel & England went to war, I wouldn't fight for queen & country. What is going on in Jerusalem has nothing to do with England and France and they should worry about their own housing problems or if they want to intervene in Middle East issues then they should do something to stop the killing in Syria where 40,000 have been killed so far.

Shame on you, Israel. Your reactions towards Palestine are wrong. You loose every kind of respect and support.

Oooooo--we're SO scared! (Not!) The British and French interference in this region to advance their own strategic goals is disgusting; they maintain their diplomatic missions in Syria and Iran while thousands are slaughtered and the police states sow terror. They've never supported Israel and wish to placate their own Arab populace for votes and foreign Arab states for oil. They can go to hell.

France and the UK did NOT support Israel in the UN vote - and as for their claim that they supported Israel during the last round of fighting in Gaza, all it was that they did not try to stop Israel defending itself (and even that lasted only a few days). Some "support".

... the Jewish State at the ICC in the Hague.

... dissolution of Israel in Arabic was very clear!

Publicly cutting aid to the PA and telling Israel via the press that the reason is the death of two-states due to construction would be more effective. Israel could then choose, finance the PA or let Iran do it.

Netanyahu is the one that breaks the straw.

bombs an entire city of its own country's citizens (say Assad). Not for what Israel fights for. Europe should be ashamed! Just because France lost tons of money at the Assad regime, and tries to recoup with the Palestinians, doesn't mean they should bash Israel. Just because the leading reporter of Britain's BBC tried to pin Assad's dead bodies and Israel, and was shamefully exposed, doesn't mean mean it should bash Israel. Palestine isn't, wasn't and will not be a state. It will be a joke, at most, since it's leaders treat it as such.

Unnecessary posturing: Antisemitism alive and well!

Israel my friends, give up, the house of cards is starting to crumble, you know it, U.S. is not your friend any more and it's people are not.

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel AND will remain the undivided capital of the JEWISH STATE- forever. Israel needs another 'Iron Dome' weapon breakthrough- Gold Backed Shekels!!

because the world is responsible now...Israeli politicians must use brain else they are the losers...

Then they can go to Sudan, Nigeria, lebanon, Somalia, Egypt, Pakistan, Algeria, Kenya, and everywhere else that Arabs are Cexisting in Peace with their neighbors.

Perfect example of hubris and its consequences.

The words possibly and may need to change to definitely and will before it has any effect.

Bibi has "pooped" his diaper.

I am afraid that the operative word in your headline is the word....may!

And then there will be only one country left , with blind misguided support For continued settlement construction. Perhaps this might topple BB And bring in a new govt. more serious about peace .

Israel needs to be happy with the land they have, their lucky to have it's Enough is enough, leave the Palestinians' alone!

the international community showed its anger at Israel. These are blatant violations of international resolutions. Israel is becoming isolated thanks to it's own doing. America will soon change its policies when it finally realizes israel does not want peace.

But until the U.S. takes action, it will have no affect on Israeli behavior.

or are you for Israeli stealing Palestinian lands.

Nothing will change at the ground, says Bibi. It is symbolic.

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Apparently the Europeans are fed up with Israel's Same Ol' Same Ol'.

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