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November 18, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-official-israel-must-refrain-from-east-jerusalem-construction-during-freeze-1.325378

U.S. Official: Israel Must Refrain from East Jerusalem Construction During Freeze

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - The U.S. will demand that Israel refrain from construction in both the West Bank and east Jerusalem as part of a 90-day settlement freeze Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has requested in exchange for a package of incentives, a U.S. official told Ha'aretz on Thursday. "If the moratorium deal goes through, we will continue to press for quiet throughout east Jerusalem during the 90 days," regardless of what Netanyahu is telling his coalition partners, the U.S. official said. "So whatever Bibi is telling [the] Shas [party] to reassure them about U.S. policy on east Jerusalem is not true."

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