{"id":11,"date":"2010-03-15T18:57:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T18:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/03\/us-israeli-relations-in-crisis-mode.html"},"modified":"2010-03-15T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T18:57:19","slug":"us-israeli-relations-in-crisis-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/03\/us-israeli-relations-in-crisis-mode.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Israeli Relations In Crisis Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

America’s friendship with Israel is at risk, mainstream and Jewish media outlets <\/a>are reporting, due to Israel’s announcement (made during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit, of all times) that it will build 1,600 more housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem <\/a>— the proposed capital of the Palestinian state. <\/p>\n

Despite rebukes and warnings from some U.S. officials and Jewish organizations, including a Huffington Post op-ed by the Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman<\/a>, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted today that the construction is not a matter for negotiation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If friends don’t let friends drive drunk, NYT columnist Thomas Friedman writes<\/a>, then America should not allow Israel to continue to behave in a way that indicates “sheer madness” regarding the peace process. He thinks Biden should have gone home when the construction plans were unveiled. What do you think?<\/p>\n


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