Posted on 07/31/2013 4:23:26 PM PDT by Former Fetus
In a deal to temper Jewish Home’s resistance to the release of over a hundred long-time Palestinian prisoners, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to advance construction of thousands of housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Hebrew daily Maariv reported Wednesday morning.
The Prime Minister’s office declined to comment on the report.
According to the report, members of the religious-nationalist Jewish Home party were convinced to swallow what they saw as the bitter pill of the prisoner release — and not threaten to walk out of the government — for the sake of furthering their cause of fortifying the settlement enterprise.
Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) reportedly acted as the go-between in negotiations that culminated with Netanyahu’s offer, which was sent in a hand-delivered sealed envelope to the desk of the party’s head, Economics and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett, the paper reported. The secrecy over the deal was to prevent details being leaked and potentially sabotaging the start of peace talks in Washington on Monday-Tuesday.
The expectation is that 1,000 housing units will be approved in the near future, with a further 3,500-4,500 units to be added in the next few months.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Hats off to them! You were right, Eleutheria5, they will stand for the settlers.
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than facing fearful odds,
for the ashes of his fathers,
and the temples of his G d.”
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Beautiful! Who is the author?
That is nothing. Lousy deal.
Building almost 6000 housing units vs. turning in 96% of the West Bank like some Israelis papers were suggesting. Lousy deal?
In a deal to temper Jewish Home’s resistance to the release of over a hundred long-time Palestinian prisoners, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to advance construction of thousands of housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Hebrew daily Maariv reported Wednesday morning.It's a good idea to create facts on the ground, instead of forfeiting to the Arab fiction on the ground.
Yes. Music to my eyes, that averted gaze and downward slant of his mouth.
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