Here’s the hissy fit predicted yesterday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday sharply criticized Israel’s decision to accelerate settlement construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank in retaliation for the Palestinians winning membership from the United Nation’s cultural organization.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the Obama administration was “deeply disappointed” in the settlement decision.

“Unilateral actions work against efforts to resume direct negotiations, and they do not advance the goal of a reasonable and necessary agreement between the two parties,” Carney said. “And that is the only way to achieve the two-state solution that both sides have as their goal.”

Israel is accelerating housing construction in both east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians as their capital, and the nearby West Bank.

The U.S. opposes Israeli settlement activity as well as the Palestinians’ bid for membership in U.N. organizations.