Responding to international criticism of his decision to approve hundreds of new housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects claims that it is damaging efforts to reach an arrangement with the Palestinians.
Building a few apartments will not prevent peace, he says.
Rather, Palestinian incitement and Ramallah’s refusal to relaunch direct bilateral relations are to blame for the absence of progress, he says from Kigali, at a press conference alongside Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
On Tuesday, the US harshly condemned the decision to approve some 560 new homes in the settlement of Maale Adumim and 240 more homes in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, saying Israel was systematically seizing Palestinian land and calling into question Jerusalem’s commitment to a two-state solution.
Earlier Wednesday, the EU joined in, saying the move threatened the viability of the two-state solution.
— with Raphael Ahren
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