Israel's staunchest 'Ally' - US behind European protest measures over E-1.

Israel's staunchest 'Ally' - US behind European protest measures over E-1.HT: IsraelMatzav.The Israeli ambassadors to Britain, France, Sweden, Australia others have been summoned by their host countries to protest Israel's plans to build new housing in 'east' Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. And yet, the ambassador to the United States has not been summoned, nor has the ambassador in any country that Israel would likely brush off (e.g. Turkey). Now, we know why. The Hussein Obama administration is orchestrating all of the Europeans' moves.

The United States was behind the summoning of Israeli ambassadors by several European nations, Israeli sources with close ties to US administration officials said Monday."The European move is essentially an American move," one official said. "The Brits asked the Americans how to act.""The Americans and Brits believe that building in area E1 would essentially terminate the peace process," an Israeli official explained. Earlier this week, Britain, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their capitals to express deep disapproval of the plan to erect 3,000 more homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem."The Europeans got the green light to respond with extreme measures and the US in the meantime decided not to impose economic sanctions on the Palestinians in response to their UN bid," the official said. "The Americans decided to bolster Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) and push for a resumption of peace talks."

I find it astounding that building in E-1 (which we're not doing yet, and which will take years to ) would 'essentially terminate the peace process' while the 'Palestinians' essentially gutting the Oslo accords by going to the UN in the first place is given a pass.
More importantly, where the heck is Congress? Why aren't they moving to sanction the 'Palestinians' as is required by US law?

Following the wave of international criticism, the prime minister's bureau said that Israel will continue to pursue its vital interests "even in the face of international pressure. The decision will not be changed."It was further stated that "if the Palestinians continue to act unilaterally – Israel will act accordingly."... "The US regards the E1 construction plan as an even bigger slap in the face than what happened during Biden's visit," the Israeli official remarked."The Americans are at a difficult position having backed Israel at the UN against the Palestinian bid. They did not expect this from Israel. Administration officials feel that Netanyahu is humiliating them and making a fool out of them by creating such a diplomatic crisis."

Repeat after me: Actions have consequences. If the Americans were reacting to this in a logical way, they would be saying to the 'Palestinians' 'you've gutted Oslo, now go deal with the mess you made.' Of course, that would never happen in a Hussein Obama (or Clinton) administration, but that's how George W. Bush would have dealt with them.Read the full story here.