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August 19, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/18/AR2009081803569.html

Israeli Polls Show Resistance to Settlement Freeze

[Washington Post] Howard Schneider - The Israeli public seems to have rallied around Netanyahu's refusal to halt all settlement construction, a backlash that intensified when the Obama administration made clear that it wanted Israel to stop building Jewish homes in some parts of Jerusalem as well as in the West Bank. Noting that the Palestinians had negotiated with Israel until late last year despite ongoing construction in the West Bank, Dan Meridor, Israel's intelligence minister, said he found it "strange" that the issue became a precondition for talks after the White House made public demands on Israel.

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