Israelis committed to US plan
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Jerusalem - The United States-backed roadmap is the only viable blueprint for peace with the Palestinians, the Israeli prime minister&#39;s office said on Wednesday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel announced plans yesterday for 500 new housing units in the West Bank, after an apparent US policy shift that has infuriated the Palestinians. The Palestinians oppose all Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where they hope to establish an independent state.
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Israel, which receives about 1.5 billion pounds a year in US aid, may seek extra funding next year to bolster border security and overhaul checkpoints as part of a plan
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The Israeli government was accelerating its settlement program on Monday with plans to build hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, bolstered by a US softening of opposition to new construction projects.
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Bring in three planeloads of equipment (including bomb-sniffing dogs) and make sure all the roads are sealed. And that's just in Israel
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Jewish organizations and leaders in the U.S. are divided over Israel&#039;s plan to redraw the country&#039;s borders on its own if it cannot quickly negotiate peace with the Palestinians, and are giving the White House conflicting advice about whether to support or fund the effort.
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Amid growing concern that Israel might launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran&#39;s budding nuclear program, the United States is moving ahead with the transfer to Israel of 5,000
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Israel is building more than 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank despite a commitment under a U.S.-backed peace plan to stop such expansion, the Peace Now group said in a report on Wednesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved bids for construction of 1,000 homes in Jewish West Bank settlements after freezing them earlier this month, amid growing friction with the United States over continued settlement expansion.
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What Ariel Sharon has been indicating for months is now stated Israeli policy: The US-drawn &quot;road map&quot; to a Palestinian state is locked in the glove compartment - along with other failed peace plans.
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Egypt wants jobs. Israel wants a meaningful peace. And the nations plan to sign an agreement that they hope will fulfill both their goals.
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ARIEL Sharon hastily reaffirmed Israel&#39;s commitment to the US-backed &quot;road map&quot; for the Middle East yesterday after his chief political adviser sparked an uproar by saying the aim of the Gaza Strip evacuation plan was to &quot;freeze&quot; the peace process until
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt&#39;s official news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
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Israel will tell President Bush during his visit to the region this week that it is committed to acting "expeditiously" to dismantle unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday.
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The United States withheld judgment Tuesday on whether Israel's plans to build 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank violate the U.S-led Middle East peace plan.
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Israel says it is committed to acting 'expeditiously' to dismantle unauthorised West Bank settlements
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The US State Department says the Bush administration remains committed to a freeze of all settlement activity in Israel&#39;s occupied territories, a crucial part of the dormant Middle East peace plan.