Ha'aretz (Israel) : "Washington summons Israel envoy over East Jerusalem eviction" par Ravid Barak

Last update - 02:20 05/08/2009    


Washington summons Israel envoy over East Jerusalem eviction  

By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent  



Washington issued another diplomatic protest over Israeli conduct in East Jerusalem on Monday, its second in as many weeks.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman summoned Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to Washington, to tell him that the United States views Sunday's eviction of two Palestinian families from homes in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood as a "provocative" and "unacceptable" act that violates Israel's obligations under the road map peace plan.

Oren responded by saying that the buildings in question have been Jewish-owned since before Israel's founding, and that a.......................
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