Construction in Israel

There is new tension between the U.S and Israel relationship. Israel has been doing new construction in east Jerusalem and the U.S are criticizing them for it. They had harsh words to the Israeli government and asked that they halt or freeze the construction. Israel had stopped and some people believed that they were freezing but the prime minister says that it was true that some construction halted as the Israelites were shocked by the harsh criticism of the U.S. , but they are not freezing the construction plans.

This has huge global importance. We are Israel's main ally in and we supplied them with weapons and helped them become a power in the Middle East. If we stopped protecting them due to harsh threats such as this then it could hurt them. Also if we aren't allies with them, then we won't have an excuse to go into the Middle East to settle disputes.