(Jerusalem Post) According to sources close to Netanyahu, the prime minister announced during Vice President Joe Biden's visit in March that the planning process for Ramat Shlomo would continue for another year, and actual construction would only begin in a number of years. That statement, according to the sources, served as the basis for Sunday's State Department statement about Ramat Shlomo. Netanyahu's spokesmen had said repeatedly that he made no commitment to a construction freeze in Jerusalem.
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