The White House accused the Zionist entity of a betrayal of trust Wednesday, in an unusually sharp rebuke over its plans to build hundreds of new settlements deep in Occupied West Bank.
Days after Obama approved a $38 billion Zionist military aid package and attended former entity’s president Shimon Peres’s funeral in occupied al-Quds, the White House railed at the construction of 300 housing units on land “far closer to Jordan than Israel.”
Warning that the decision jeopardizes the already distant prospect of Middle East peace as well as what it considered “Israel’s own security,” press secretary Josh
Earnest said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s word had been called into question.
“We did receive public assurances from the Israeli government that contradict this announcement,” he said.
“I guess when we’re talking about how good friends treat one another, that’s a source of serious concern as well.”
The sharper-than-normal comments come as the White House weighs a last-ditch effort to get the peace process back on its feet before Obama leaves office in January.
In a similarly strong-worded statement, the State Department said building the units “is another step toward cementing a one-state reality of perpetual occupation.”
US officials have adopted a more forceful tone with Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in recent weeks, accusing him of recklessly accelerating the program despite international concern.
Obama and Netanyahu have had an extremely difficult relationship during the last eight years.
The White House was apoplectic when the Zionist leader agreed to address the Republican-controlled Congress to lobby against Obama’s signature nuclear deal with Iran.
Source: AFP
