Amid a rising diplomatic row between the US and Israel over Tel Aviv's announcement of a new settlement plan, the regime declared that new construction work in east Jerusalem (al-Quds) would be continued.
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear on Monday that settlement construction on annexed east Jerusalem (al-Quds) would continue, AFP reported.
The remarks came after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly urged Netanyahu in a telephone conversation to reverse the decision.
The Israeli Interior ministry announced the plan to build 1,600 new settler homes in the area last week as the US Vice President Joe Biden was in Israeli to usher indirect peace talks with the Palestinians.
The United States harshly denounced both the plan and its timing as insulting and destructive to peace efforts.
The diplomatic relations between the two sides now have hit worst crisis since 1975, according to Israel's ambassador to Washington Michael Oren.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120875§ionid=351020202.
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