{"id":806,"date":"2010-09-28T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T11:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=806"},"modified":"2010-09-28T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T11:11:24","slug":"us-disappointed-in-israel-over-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/09\/28\/806\/","title":{"rendered":"US disappointed in Israel over settlements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"crowley\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/crowley.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"196\" \/>WASHINGTON: The United States said Monday it was disappointed by Israel\u2019s refusal to extend a slowdown in settlement construction and dispatched special Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell to the region in an urgent bid to salvage the stalled negotiations.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018\u2018We are disappointed but we remain focused on our long-term objective and will be talking to the parties about the implications of the Israeli decision,\u2019\u2019 State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said, adding that Mitchell would \u2018\u2018sort through with the parties where we go from here.\u2019\u2019<br \/>The comments came after Israel defied US and international demands to extend a 10-month slowdown on settlement construction in the West Bank, raising the prospect of the Palestinians abandoning the Mideast peace talks in protest. The slowdown expired on Sunday and the Palestinians had been threatening to walk out of recently launched face-to-face talks if it was not extended.<br \/>Crowley said the US position in support of extending the slowdown on settlements remained unchanged and praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for not immediately walking out of negotiations.<br \/> \u2018\u2018In our discussions with both sides over the weekend, we encouraged restraint whatever decision was made on the Israeli side and the Palestinian response so far reflects that restraint,\u2019\u2019 Crowley said. \u2018\u2018We had called upon both sides to be constructive in the actions that they take from this point forward and certainly the restraint at this point is appreciated.\u2019\u2019<br \/>In a later briefing for reporters, Crowley said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had received a call Monday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to follow up on their earlier conversations on the settlements issue. Crowley declined to reveal the substance of the phone call.<br \/>Mitchell departs Monday evening and will hold meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials beginning on Tuesday. The specific schedule is still being worked out, Crowley said.<br \/>Crowley said the US is still focused on promoting negotiations on a \u2018\u2018two-state solution\u2019\u2019 in which an independent Palestinian state exists beside a secure Israel. Crowley encouraged \u2018\u2018constructive actions\u2019\u2019 toward reaching that goal.<br \/> \u2018\u2018We believe if we can successfully get by this turbulence that we are experiencing now, there is absolutely an opportunity for a successful negotiation,\u2019\u2019 he said.<br \/>Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of 87 US Senators \u2014 nearly the entire membership of the Senate \u2014 sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to press both sides to stay in the talks, which began early this month.<br \/> \u2018\u2018Neither side should make threats to leave just as the talks are getting started,\u2019\u2019 they wrote. <\/p>\n<p><em>Source: AP<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The United States said Monday it was disappointed by Israel\u2019s refusal to extend a slowdown in settlement construction and dispatched special Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell to the region in an urgent bid to salvage the stalled negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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