Re: U.S. Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Settlements

On Feb 25, 7:27 pm, Rick <mulemanr...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/merkel-chides-netanyahu-for...

 A senior German source said Netanyahu had called Merkel on Monday,
following the American veto in the UN Security Council last Friday and
Germany's vote in favor of the Palestinian proposal to condemn
construction in West Bank settlements.

The conversation between the two leaders was extremely tense and
included mutual accusations and harsh statements, the official said.

Netanyahu told Merkel he was disappointed by Germany's vote and by
Merkel's refusal to accept Israel's requests before the vote, the
source added. Merkel was furious.

"How dare you," she said, according to the official. "You are the one
who disappointed us. You haven't made a single step to advance
peace."

The prime minister assured Merkel that he intended to launch a new
peace plan that would be a continuation of his Bar-Ilan University
speech, given in June 2009, in which he agreed to establishing a
Palestinian state, the official revealed.

"I intend to make a new speech about the peace process in two to three
weeks," Netanyahu told Merkel.

The German chancellor and her advisers, who have been repeatedly
disappointed by Netanyahu's inaccurate statements and failure to keep
promises, did not believe a word of what the prime minister told her,
the source said...

They don't believe Netanyahu's gonna make a speech?! %~\
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