World : Quayle Prods Israel on Settlements
Vice President Dan Quayle, in an interview with the Jerusalem Post published today, urged Israel to stop building Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.
“These announcements of new settlements are politically problematic even if they don’t go through with it,” Quayle was quoted as saying.
He reaffirmed Washington’s strong support for Israel but said new settlements helped Israel’s critics in the United States to put pressure on the Jewish state to make concessions to the Palestinians.
“It just gives them (the critics) fodder for the cannon fire, and believe me, they want to unload on Israel,” Quayle said.
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