Press TV
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:37:34 GMT
 |
The influential pro-Israeli lobby in the United States is mobilizing US lawmakers to pressure the White House to soften its stance on Tel Aviv.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has circulated a letter on Capitol Hill, urging members of Congress to pressure the administration of President Barack Obama to end its public criticism of Israeli policies.
The open letter, signed by more than three-quarters of the members of the US House of Representatives, urges the administration to reinforce its relationship with the Israeli regime.
The apparent disagreement between the US and Israel was sparked after Tel Aviv's announcement of 1,600 new Jewish settlement units in the occupied East Jerusalem (al-Quds), which undermined the Washington-sponsored "proximity talks" with Palestinians.
After the Israeli announcement, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express the US frustration. She told the hard-line Israeli premier that the latest settlements announcement was “a deeply negative signal about Israel's approach” to relations with the US, State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley told reporters on March 12 in Washington.
The Palestinians have been demanding an end to Israeli settlements constructions on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank, which the international community also deems as illegal.
The recent settlements expansion plan is even more provocative as it targets east al-Quds, which was annexed by Israel during its 1967 invasion of its Arab neighbors. East al-Quds has long been designated by Palestinians as the capital of their future state and it includes the al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's thirds holiest site.
MRS/ZAP/DT
The views expressed and the links provided on our comment pages are the personal views of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Press TV.
benny
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:24:18 GMT
AIPAC. The Voice of Reason.
benny
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:17:55 GMT
AIPAC-stabilizing force in American politics.
benny
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:12:42 GMT
AIPAC are supported because they are right.
life-less
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:11:54 GMT
The Arab and Muslim should stay away from East Jerusalem (al-quds. The land belong to Israel and for them alone.
Muhama:Tehran
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:08:31 GMT
I Love Israel,Wish I was an Israeli!
time
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:48:09 GMT
Now we can see the transfer of Superpowers taking place now and Israel is the last.....
life
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:47:29 GMT
The Arab and Muslim should stay away from East Jerusalem (al-quds. The land belong to Israel and for them alone.
benny
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:24:46 GMT
AIPAC the cancer cells of American politics.
Kerriann
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:04:22 GMT
The tide is turning Israel.
daz
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:38:40 GMT
who is the military in chief in usa? who got the ultimate power ? Why do america need a president if have no power ? Why do america fail to look at their own problem ? Are american stupiid people? Do america really need alien to control them ?
