Ehud Barak in Washington: Forget the Principle, it is the Timing, Stupid……….
“A top Israeli official scolded local officials on Tuesday for giving preliminary approval to a plan calling for the demolition of 22 Palestinian homes, in an echo of past stumbles over Jewish development in East Jerusalem. The official, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, was on a visit to Washington, where tensions have run high over Jewish housing in East Jerusalem. A member of the Labor Party, the only centrist element in a right-leaning government, Mr. Barak seemed annoyed by the move, which threatened to upset the indirect, American-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. … Mr. Barak said that the municipal authorities were “not demonstrating any common sense or any sense of timing ……..”
He is worried more by the timing than by the action itself, especially while he is in Washington. He is saying “it is the timing, stupid”……
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