U.S. 'DISCOURAGING' GREATER JERUSALEM BILL, OFFICIAL SAYS

Fearing it would harm peace effort toward Israeli-Palestinian settlement

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(JERUSALEM POST) — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is “discouraging” any further action on a controversial Israeli bill regarding the status of greater Jerusalem, fearing it would harm its peace effort toward a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian settlement, a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

“It’s fair to say that the US is discouraging actions that it believes will unduly distract the principals from focusing on the advancement of peace negotiations,” the official said. “The Jerusalem expansion bill was considered by the Administration to be one of those actions.‎”

On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed an initial vote planned for today on the measure, which would have annexed 19 Israeli settlements around the capital city.

Read the full story ›http://www.wnd.com/2017/10/u-s-discouraging-greater-jerusalem-bill-official-says/?cat_orig=worldMy comments: It is a Fantasy to beleive that there will ever be Peace between the, so called, Palestinians and Israel. There will be No Peace between Islam and Israel until Christ Jesus returns.