Hillary clinton called on israel to postpone their plan to build thousands of homes in its own occupied territory, because it will cause a setback to the efforts made to find a two-state solution between the israelis and the palestinians. following that call, the israeli minister (benjamin netanyahu) gave the green light to launch the construction of the housing complexes. it was a move that was viewed widley as retaliatory considering the palestinians had won a bid with the united nations to become a non-member observer state. israeli minister benjamin netanyahu has not yet publicly acknowledged his aproval of the construction, although a senior government official stated that the prime minister signed off on the contruction of three thousand housing units. clinton states that “ If implemented, these plans would alter the situation on the ground on a scale that makes the two state solution, with Jerusalem as a shared capital, increasingly difficult to achieve. They would undermine Israel's international reputation and create doubts about its stated commitment to achieving peace with the Palestinians."