Most of the time we are focusing on the NYT or the Washington Post whose bias towards Israel is on the subtle side but this editorial, "Bam’s Mideast mess," in super Zionist Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post that is targeted for the less literate reader could have been published in Israel.
Gilo is a Jewish-populated neighborhood of the Israeli capital that almost certainly would remain part of Israel even if Jerusalem were divided in a peace deal. So building homes there in no way compromises the area’s status in any talks.
But here’s where Obama’s meddling got truly worrisome: The mere fact of construction, he said, “embitters the Palestinians in a way that could end up being very dangerous.”
By that, the president seems to be warning (or threatening) a new intifada against Israel if it doesn’t make even more unilateral concessions. He’s suggesting Israel refrain from perfectly legal and understandable moves — just to avoid violence.
