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Netanyahu also faces fierce opposition at home from pro-settler groups and even within his own hard-line coalition.

Dani Dayan, leader of the West Bank settlers' council, accused Netanyahu of capitulating to American demands and getting nothing in return for his concessions.

"We feel that he is going in a very slippery slope in which he is betraying his own beliefs," he told The Associated Press. "We will do everything in our capacity to keep building, to keep developing our communities, and I am optimistic that we will prevail."

About 300,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements.

Israel captured east Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed it, a step no nation has recognized. Trying to cement its claim, Israel built new quarters around east Jerusalem, where 180,000 Israelis now live. Palestinians denounce them as settlements, but Israel considers them neighborhoods.

The militant Hamas group, which controls the Gaza Strip, also condemned the partial Israeli settlement freeze.

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  • Posted By: Jack999 @ 05/19/2009 1:57:45 PM

    USA must STOP his Unconditonal Love towards Isreal immedately for the Sake of its Own Natonal Security,We all Know that Isrealis are indirectly happy to turn many Islamic fanatics to become "Terrorists"with their cleverly creations now emerging terorists existence looks like a real security treat to Isrealis and the world.
    A country with Nuclear Power capabilities cannot be compares with neigboring countries that doesn't have proper arms,let alone Nuclear Power,with that reasons makes them continously Slaughters his neigbors.Now we all understood why the German's Nazi saw and single hand out them from other many various ethnic group as very dangerous minds capable with gven opportunity to be brillant manipulators .Real facts.

    A Zionist,a only single country with Nuclear Power capability in Middle-East with USA blessing and total support by USA continously with financial ,Arsenal Supports.
    Lucky now President Obama start to realise this Huge mistakes made by past US Presidents President Obama intiatate Isreal to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty directly to Visiting Isrealis Prime Minister now to try correct US past.

    Afganistan,Iran,Iraq,many US former Allies,now becoming US enemies,Most recently Pakistan,Iran under real pressure by Islamic Extremist ,What worrying Facts now Countries like Turkey,Eygpt,Jordan,Saudi Arabia, a very Close US partner start to crack up if USA doesn't make a Change 180 turn around or we might likely to Loose them as Amercan close Allies.

    Today's Turkey is a part of the Islamic world, supporter of Russian Eurasian policy, a kind neighbor and partner of its historical opponents, Iran and Syria. The quadrilateral alliance is here but its members are different. This is an alliance of Eurasian states: Russia - Turkey - Iran - Syria.
    Since the end of the last decade, Russia has made desperate efforts to return to Middle Eastern politics as a superpower. Thus it has, for example, strengthened relations with Iran and Syria.
    This policy reached its apogee when, in defiance of Washington's fierce protests, Moscow cooperated with Tehran in the nuclear sphere, and in a pointedly royal manner embraced Bashar Asad during his visit to Russia in January 2005, writing off Syria's debt and signing the agreement on missile deliveries to Damascus (see below).
    Turkey, in its turn, is panicking after Saddam Hussein's overthrow, fearing creation of a Kurdish state in Iraq. Aspiring to prevent such a succession of events, Ankara has been drawn to Iran and Syria. Sworn enemies turned if not friends, then allies, in almost no time.
    Iran has committed to adding the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) to its " terrorist organizations" list. Turkey has done the same concerning the Iranian group "Mojahedin Halk". The parties have announced an upcoming doubling of the volume of their trade..
    American attempts to prevent this visit and the subsequent rapprochement between recent enemies was a failure.

  • Posted By: newtral @ 04/13/2009 5:52:54 AM

    jaggu ; Are you racist? just asking

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 04/07/2009 12:38:11 PM

    maybe obama should read some of these anecdotes before declaring america is not on war with islam as all his rhetoric becomes junk when juxtaposed with the acts of friends of BARACK who funded his campaign and it just shows why no sane person on the planet has no credibility regarding american claims .
    impunity has to be a global issue starting with america and israel itself rather then applied to darfur and rwanda only or fujimoro -when international criminals go free in USA AND ISRAEL because they got elected by another group of fascists -so what even hitler was elected -as were the bush and israeli regimes

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