Provoking US criticism and warnings and pleas from Palestinians, Netanyahu announced plans to build 300 units of new housing for Jewish Israelis in the West Bank. Albright expressed displeasure with the plan, which presses on a particularly sore point with Palestinians. Moderate Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi called the project "another dangerously irresponsible decision bordering on insanity."
Israel Draws Fire
Provoking US criticism and warnings and pleas from Palestinians, Netanyahu announced plans to build 300 units of new housing for Jewish Israelis in the West Bank. Albright expressed displeasure with the plan, which presses on a particularly sore point with Palestinians. Moderate Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi called the project "another dangerously irresponsible decision bordering on insanity."
