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November 19, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians

Israel Says No Building Freeze in Jerusalem

(AP) Amy Teibel - Israel insisted Thursday it would keep building homes in east Jerusalem. Israeli officials said Washington had agreed to exclude the eastern sector of the holy city from the 90-day moratorium and there would be no further demands for construction curbs in the West Bank when the latest moratorium expired. On Thursday, however, a senior Obama administration official said the U.S. and Israel were still "haggling" over details of the written assurances. Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev said any future moratorium would not apply to Jerusalem. "Israel makes a clear distinction between the West Bank and Jerusalem," Regev said. "Jerusalem is our capital and will remain as such. The previous moratorium did not apply to Jerusalem....If there is a future moratorium, it will similarly not apply to Jerusalem."

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