U.S. Warns It Will Respond Harshly If Israel Demolishes Palestinian Village of Sussia

[Purveyor]

Source: Haaretz

Barak Ravid and Yotam Berger Aug 10, 2016 9:21 AM
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.736107

The United States has warned it will respond harshly if Israel demolishes the Palestinian village of Sussia in the southern Hebron Hills.

Israeli and American officials, who asked not to be named, said Tuesday that over the past two weeks U.S. administration officials have informed officials in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Defense Ministry that a severe American reaction would result if Israel destroys the houses in the village.

The Israeli officials said similar messages were conveyed over the past two weeks by the European Union, the British government and other international bodies. For example, British diplomats conveyed messages to the PMO and the Foreign Ministry that the British Foreign Office in London would find it difficult to continue assisting Israel in international forums in the event Sussia were demolished.

The Israeli officials said international pressure over the matter came after the Palestinian Authority turned to the United States and a number of other Western countries, claiming that Israel intends to destroy the village in a few weeks.


Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.736107

[guillaumeb]

1. Empty words signifying nothing of substance.

Israel has been demolishing Palestine one settlement, one house, one destroyed grove of trees at a time. With nothing done by the US or the world.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. About time. I don't think the US / UK have spoken this forcefully on behalf of a Palestinian issue.

And a settlement issue, no less!

[PatSeg]

3. I don't know if Israel will take

the warnings seriously. When has the U.S. or European countries ever treated Israel harshly? They just keep doing whatever they feel like doing and cashing our checks while flicking us off.

[PSPS]

4. If we're serious, they have to. Without US taxpayers paying their bills, there would be no Israel.

Carter brought Begin to heel, so it can be done.

[PatSeg]

6. There has to be the will to do it

Israel uses our politics to get whatever it wants, knowing anyone running for public office is afraid to appear anti Israel. The disrespect that Netanyahu has shown our President and Vice President is appalling. After that visit of his to Congress, the check should have gotten lost in the mail.

[eggplant]

12. Netanyahu is no Begin.

[vkkv]

5. Just as the U.S. thinks of N. Korea as China's lapdog -

much of the M.E. must think the same of Israel and the U.S.. And come to think of it, it's always been obvious that the U.S. wants a lapdog in the M.E., that's why give them protection at the U.S. taxpayers' expense.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

10. Interesting perspective...

... I hadn't thought of it in those terms. Something to think about, huh?

[KG]

7. as if

[Javaman]

8. we will stamp our feet and wag our finger harshly at them. nt

[maxsolomon]

9. We'll have the Spanish Inquisition poke them with the Comfy Pillow

And then we'll give them their usual allotment of Arms.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

11. Well...

... Hahahahahaha.

[mjvpi]

13. I simply don't get it.

What happened to the Jewish people should make them the most empathetic, compassionate people in the world. Israel is just another country controlled by nationalistic, ultra conservative religious zealots. Like the conservative Christians in the Us, who treat other human beings in totally in Christ like ways, or ISIL. All of these people should be put on an island and left to their own devices.

[Odin2005]

15. IIRC a lot of the Israeli population now are Middle-Eastern Jews, not Ashkenazi Jews.

Middle-Eastern Jews weren't affected by the Holocaust and have a lot of hate towards Muslims due to the expulsion of Jews from many middle Eastern countries.

[Odin2005]

14. We'll send the terrorist state of Israel a strongly-worded letter?