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Shortly after the meeting between US President, Barack Obama, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli sources said that a new Jewish only settlement would be constructed in the Jordan Valley, less that 20 kilometers away from the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The new settlement plan was seen by several Palestinian and international officials as a clear Israeli message to the US administration that the country does not intend to halt the construction and expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The plan comes while Israel is formulating more plans to link major Israeli settlements in the West Bank with Jerusalem in spite of the increasing international condemnation.
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson of the Palestinian president, said that the this plan reflects intentions of Netanyahu and his government to continue illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank.
Abu Rodeina demanded a clear and practical American response, and added that the US must pressure on Israel to halt its settlement activities.
During the White House meeting between Netanyahu and Obama, the Israeli PM said that his government is willing to start immediate peace talks with the Palestinians, but preconditioned that the Palestinians must "recognize Israel as a Jewish state".
Netanyahu and his government reject the establishment of a Palestinian state, and said they are willing to hold talks on a sort of autonomy for the Palestinians.
They would not hold talks on Jerusalem, settlements, the right of return, natural resources, borders and other essential issues for peace in the Middle East.
The US president demanded Tel Aviv to halt its settlement activities in accordance to its commitments to the Road Map Peace Plan.
PHOTO CAPTION
An Israeli settler walks in the settlement of Maskiot, in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, Monday, May 18, 2009.
Agencies
