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Ya'alon: Obama administration 'won't be around forever' - Israel News, Ynetnews
Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told high school students in a Jewish West Bank settlement on Tuesday that the Obama Administration "won't be around forever" and that once it is gone, Israel will resume construction in the settlements.
Ya'alon, no stranger to controversy with the United States, was responding to students' questions at a religious seminary (yeshiva) in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, about a freeze on construction in the settlements.
Defense Minister Ya'alon with Prime Minister Netanyahu (Photo: EPA)
"It's temporary," he said in remarks taped by several students and leaked to Israel Army Radio. "There is a certain administration now in the United States, which is leading this policy. This administration will not stay forever."
For now, he said, Israel needs US support in order to confront anti-Israel diplomatic moves at the UN and other fora and has to be careful not to antagonize it.
"But I very much want to approve construction plans and I hope this will happen," he added. He suggested that students take comfort in the growth of the population in the settlements – 20,000 people in the past year, unprecedented in any other part of Israel.
Ya'alon has been highly critical of US policy on the settlements, especially of Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he labeled "Messianic" for his efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian agreement.
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Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told high school students in a Jewish West Bank settlement on Tuesday that the Obama Administration "won't be around forever" and that once it is gone, Israel will resume construction in the settlements.
Ya'alon, no stranger to controversy with the United States, was responding to students' questions at a religious seminary (yeshiva) in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, about a freeze on construction in the settlements.
Defense Minister Ya'alon with Prime Minister Netanyahu (Photo: EPA)
"It's temporary," he said in remarks taped by several students and leaked to Israel Army Radio. "There is a certain administration now in the United States, which is leading this policy. This administration will not stay forever."
For now, he said, Israel needs US support in order to confront anti-Israel diplomatic moves at the UN and other fora and has to be careful not to antagonize it.
"But I very much want to approve construction plans and I hope this will happen," he added. He suggested that students take comfort in the growth of the population in the settlements – 20,000 people in the past year, unprecedented in any other part of Israel.
Ya'alon has been highly critical of US policy on the settlements, especially of Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he labeled "Messianic" for his efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian agreement.
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Here's the people who want peace. No longer can people on this forum refuse to acknowledge how anti-peace/pro-colonization Israel is.
@Akheilos @Developereo @Hiptullha @Kyoto @chauvunist @Evil Flare @RFS_Br @Evil Flare @KingMamba @Syrian Lion @SALMAN AL-FARSI @Desert Fox @Mahmoud_EGY @Sinan @usernameless
