(Israel Hayom) Shlomo Cesana - Referring to the EU's decision to impose a funding ban on Israeli institutions operating beyond the pre-1967 lines, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the German magazine Die Welt, in an interview published Sunday, that the EU was "trying to impose permanent borders by applying financial pressure on Israel rather than pursuing negotiations. That is an unfair move at any time, not just now, when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to get the parties back to the negotiating table." He said Brussels "wants to erect a new Berlin Wall in the middle of Jerusalem, but anyone who has ever visited Jerusalem knows that you cannot turn back time and divide neighborhoods that would clearly remain under Israeli control as part of any peace agreement."
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