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Iroquois territory occupiers tell Jews not to build in Jerusalem
Israel Matzav — ... Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's press spokesman was asked whether the demand to halt all building (including schools, kindergartens and housing for young couples) in Judea and Samaria included all building in Jerusalem . Ms. Clinton’s press spokesman was asked if President Obama’s demand to halt expansion of “West Bank Jewish communities” included a demand to stop expansion of Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem. The answer was affirmative. The U.S. State Department demands that Israel limit Jewish growth in these areas of Jerusalem, “whose status remains to be determined” ...

From Undivided Capital to Undeveloped by Jews
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Now the Obama administration has decided that Jerusalem must be divided and that the Jews must stop building in areas that should be handed over to Palestinians at some undetermined date in the future. The State Department is demanding "that Israel limit Jewish growth in these areas of Jerusalem, 'whose status remains to be determined' in negotiations." Apparently the third principle that must apply to Jerusalem is that Jews cannot build on land the Obama administration has set aside for other uses -- like appeasing the Arabs. ...

Differing Views On A Settlement Freeze
Wonk Room — ... Goldfarb also passes along a quote from an Israeli government spokesman, who complained that “I have to admire the residents of Iroquois territory for assuming that they have a right to determine where Jews should live in Jerusalem.” That’s funny, but I actually don’t think the comparison of Palestinians to Native Americans really works in Israel’s favor, given that most people now accept that the mass oppression and dispossession of indigenous peoples is a bad thing. ...

"I have to admire the residents of Iroquois territory..."
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... (not necessarily in that order). And now, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has levied new demands on Israel and its tiny sliver of land , which is roughly the size of New Jersey. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued an unprecedented statement clarifying President Barack Obama’s demands for Israel to stop expanding Jewish communities in areas it acquired following the 1967 Six-Day War, including Jerusalem ... One of the Jerusalem neighborhoods resettled by Jews after the 1967 war is the Old City of Jerusalem, which hosts the Temple Mount, the holiest place in the ...

A Rapid and Harsh Turn against Israel
Daniel Pipes :: Writings — ... compared Obama to pharaoh, and the government press office director cheekily mock-admired "the residents of Iroquois territory for assuming that they have a right to determine where Jews should live in Jerusalem." If the specifics of who-lives-where have little strategic import, the Obama administration's rapid and harsh turn against Israel has potentially great significance. Not only did the administration end George W. Bush's focus on changes on the Palestinian side but it even ...