By
Joseph
Klein
United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon devoted part of his year-end press
conference on December 19th to bashing Israel for its announcement of plans to
build new housing in and around Jerusalem. He claimed that the Israeli
announcement was a "near fatal blow to a very fragile Middle East peace
process."
"I
am deeply concerned by heightened settlement activity in the West Bank, in
particular around Jerusalem," the Secretary General complained. "This
gravely threatens efforts to establish a viable Palestinian state." [more...]
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