Get the Facts on the U.S. Israel Relationship

I have been an ally of the Jewish -Isreal goup here in Colorado and am (I believe) a member of the the Jewish group that meets here regularly.  However I must say the the continueing construction in the occuoied territory puts a strain on my support.  I believe that a two state solution is the only way peace can be brought the the middle east.  Every time there is new construction in the occupied territory the possiblity of a settlment is less likely.

to relieve your ‘strain’, and maybe get some fact straight

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/261221

” Weathering the Storm
JENNIFER RUBIN - 03.19.2010 - 8:00 AM
As we dig deeper into the flap over Jerusalem housing activity, it is worth revisiting a central question: who blindsided whom here?

Hillel Halkin argues that four months ago, the U.S. and Israel had a deal: “Israel reluctantly agreed to suspend all new construction in the West Bank for nearly a year, and the U.S. reluctantly accepted Israel’s refusal to do the same in Jerusalem. … On that basis, the Netanyahu government declared a West Bank freeze and began to enforce it, despite the anger this caused on the pro-settlement Israeli Right from which many of Mr. Netanyahu’s voters come. Now, America has reneged on its word. Using the Ramat Shlomo incident as a pretext, it is demanding once again, as if an agreement had never been reached, that Israel cease all construction in ‘Arab’ Jerusalem.””