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From : Munashik
Added: Aug 20, 2009
Dept of state briefing of August 19. QUESTION: A follow-up on the PA-only stamp issued by Israel to U.S. citizens going into Israel, just to follow up on that. I saw that you guys released -- MR. KELLY: Yeah. QUESTION: -- something. You said that youre engaged with the Government of Israel. Just more clarification. Have you complained to them about this specifically? Have you asked them to stop issuing it to your U.S. citizens, and do you consider it a violation of the Oslo Accords? MR. KELLY: Oh, well, the latter the latter issue thats, I think, something that I probably would want somebody else to pronounce on if its a violation of the Oslo because Im not familiar enough with the Oslo Accords to be able to make a judgment one way or the other. As our note said last night, we have made it quite known to the Israeli Government, and this is, I think, really on the diplomatic level, that we expect all American citizens to be treated the same regardless of their national origin. And this kind of these kinds of restrictions we consider unacceptable. And Id refer you to the Israeli Government for in terms of their -- QUESTION: So you dont know if theyre going to stop doing it or not, or if you specifically asked them to stop issuing these specific stamps? MR. KELLY: We have told them that we think this is that we cannot accept this kind of practice. QUESTION: Do you know at what level do you know if how many Americans have complained to the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem? How -- MR. KELLY: No. QUESTION: -- serious you consider this? MR. KELLY: No. Im not aware of the kind of numbers of the number of people who have complained. Libby. QUESTION: Different topic. QUESTION: Wait, wait. Can I can we go back? First of all, what does that mean we cannot accept this kind of practice? You also cant accept, you know, continued building of settlements, and they seem to be doing that. MR. KELLY: Yeah. QUESTION: So what exactly does that mean? MR. KELLY: Well, it means that this kind of practice is something that the U.S. Government believes should not be done. This is not -- QUESTION: Yeah, but you say we cant -- MR. KELLY: -- something that we can accept. QUESTION: But its not you have to accept it, if thats what theyre doing. MR. KELLY: Well -- QUESTION: What are you going to do if they dont stop? MR. KELLY: We will continue to protest. QUESTION: But that wont make any difference -- QUESTION: That I mean, its not a question of whether you can accept it or not. Theyre doing it. MR. KELLY: Yeah. QUESTION: So? MR. KELLY: It is what it is. We dont like the practice.
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