Interior Minister Yishai: Israel's relationship with U.S. is above all else

Dumb, dumb, dumb! Just plain dumb. And embarrassing to Israel. The idiots involved in this move should be fired and the plan scrapped. They blew it. If they had only waited or done things differently things could have much different. But this has wrecked the whole mess. Good job Yishai! Idiots.

It is not the timing but the substance of what was proposed that gives offense.To try to palm this off as just bad timing suggests that there is a good time for Israel to do bad things. If Israel is so ready to apologize for the timing of its actions, it knows those actions are wrong. East Jerusalem is destined to be Palestine's capital if there are to be two states, and everyone knows that full well. Israel is digging in to prevent reasonable compromise and Netanyahu wields the shovel.

Bibi knew.

Above all else ? Really! There comes times when allies have conflicting interests. Would Yishai agree to abandon the Kotel ? He has red lines. The title is misleading.

Biden's visit in Israel/Palestine & the poor "results" which ensue reveal that the USA have no interest whatsoever in a peace solution in the region. Jews and Arabs should continue to grill because it apparently serves American interests, Mideast-doctrine, weapon & arms-lobby and Money! Human lives don't play any role! This is the message seen by West European critical eyes. Those Israelis who think they are better informed because they are within the picture, don't see what is beyond its frame. It's a terrible disappointment to see how Obama's policy, which began so hopefully and idealistically, is melting away, and that what is perevailing now is a religious, nationalistic and fanatic Israeli governement which destroys all hopes for peace and prefers territories and settlements over the immediate necessity to compromise and to protect human lives in the future. In today's globalization-world this approach is obsolete.

For the jews, the one and only above all is God and the Messiah... not Biden. Yishai set the record straight on that one.

It takes a unique act of collective stupidity to slap the face of the vice president of the United States?a major figure in our most loyal (and almost only) ally. It matters not what views one holds about expansion in Jerusalem, only a person with a desire to further harm our nation would allow this act of enormous stupidity to occur. Even the most ardent proponent of a right wing position should have had intellect to know that this timing was absurd. And while not a physical act, it was as stupid and counterproductive as a terrorist bombing by a Palestinian group would have been during the Biden visit this week. It was clear that a major purpose of Vice President Biden?s visit was to discuss approaches to the unusual risk Israel faces with Iran. To muddy the waters, as this announcement did, only weakens our endangered position. And anyone who fails to understand that does not have the maturity or commonsense to be in a senior position in our government.

and still do not resign?

That jerk should resign. His interests are not those of the majority of Israelis or the US.