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Israel says no building freeze in Jerusalem
miami herald ^
| 11.18.10
| AMY TEIBEL
Posted on 11/18/2010 5:30:14 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
JERUSALEM -- Israel insisted Thursday it would keep building homes in disputed east Jerusalem, threatening to hold up a U.S.-proposed settlement construction moratorium designed to renew deadlocked Mideast peacemaking.
The contours of the moratorium deal, as presented by Israeli officials after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the U.S. last week, had appeared to be clearly agreed upon.
Washington, they said, 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 day after Netanyahu said a deal was imminent, the U.S. still had not sent a promised letter detailing the understandings on the proposed moratorium.
In Washington, a senior Obama administration official said the U.S. and Israel were still "haggling" over details of the written assurances. The official said most of the unresolved issues were relatively routine but added that it was unlikely that the letter would be finished Thursday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, said it was not clear when the letter might be completed.
In a speech Thursday, Netanyahu suggested agreement was neither imminent nor inevitable.
He said he has been holding intensive contacts with the Obama administration since his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton a week ago.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: bibi; islam; israel; jerusalem; netanyahu; obama; ozero; palin
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Just when it looks like Bibi is going to acquiesce to the demands of the Ozero administration...
To: Cinnamon Girl
Let them bulldozer roll 10-4
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:31:10 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
To: BARLF; jazminerose; Kiss7; NordP; Big_Monkey; Patriot Babe; conservative cat; 444Flyer; ...
This is the Bibi ping list.
Granny glasses.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:33:28 PM PST
by
Cinnamon Girl
(G-d Bless President Bush. He kept us safe.)
To: Cinnamon Girl
The Imam is not going to be a happy camper.
To: TexasCajun
That land is theirs by God’s decree.Obama can argue with HIM if he chooses.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:38:25 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: TexasCajun
The Imam is not going to be a happy camper. So what's he gonna do? Try a suicide-vest approach before Biden jumps him with a straitjacket?
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:39:23 PM PST
by
Hardraade
(I want gigaton warheads now!!)
To: TexasCajun
The god of Newsweak is not doing too well. Zippy is suffering from a condition known in medical circles as ‘halo slip.’
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:43:20 PM PST
by
JPG
(The GOP leadership is on probation. No second chances. Don't blow it.)
To: Cinnamon Girl
Obama’s vaunted foriegn policy ability strikes again.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:43:37 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Gone Galt and loving it)
To: Cinnamon Girl
Okay Bibi how about TWO F-35 squadrons?
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:44:04 PM PST
by
zipper
To: Cinnamon Girl
Didn’t 0 announce there was a freeze just after he got back from his trip?
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:45:51 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(Repeal Healthcare......NO COMPROMISE.......ever!)
To: Cinnamon Girl
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:49:16 PM PST
by
Spitzensparkin1
(Arrest and deport all illegal aliens. Illegal is not a race - it is a crime. WhooRaah! Arizona!)
To: Cinnamon Girl
Hurrah Natenyahu! Hurrah Israel!
Thank you CG.
To: Farmer Dean
AMEN!
HINT: Obama, yur gonna lose!
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:50:07 PM PST
by
Chong
(How's that HopEy, changEy, (thingEy) stuff working out for ya?)
To: al baby
Bibi shows Zero the backdoor.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:57:17 PM PST
by
rod1
To: SaxxonWoods
Obama’s vaunted foriegn policy ability strikes again.
Or Hillary's vaunted foreign policy ability.
If the Israelis have any brains they will drag this out until after the 2012 election to assure an American president that views them as an ally.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:01:48 PM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(Wealth = Net Worth ...........Income = Net Work!)
To: SaxxonWoods
Obama’s vaunted foriegn policy ability strikes again.
Or Hillary's vaunted foreign policy ability.
If the Israelis have any brains they will drag this out until after the 2012 election to assure an American president that views them as an ally.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:02:28 PM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(Wealth = Net Worth ...........Income = Net Work!)
To: Cinnamon Girl
´Seems like Israel´s the only place in the world where things make any sense anymore.
...Sometimes....
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:03:24 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: Cinnamon Girl
Israel ? unlike our current regime in power now, we support you whole heartedly....
Israel ? tell them all to go pound sand, Jerusalem belongs to God and Israel.
Israel ? the God of Israel does not support this current regime in Washington....
God bless Israel, and God bless Jerusalem....
To: Farmer Dean
" That land is theirs by God’s decree.Obama can argue with HIM if he chooses. "
Him would be, THE GREAT " I AM " Ancient of Days.
To: Cinnamon Girl
Benjamin is as wise as he is mentally tough. I would never play a game of poker with this man.He has played these cards very well indeed. He needed to sweat it out for two years, and he made it happen, not that the next two will be easy by any means
things should be much better, to state it plainly, with more Conservative Christians who respect the people of the Old Testament, joining the US House in January.p
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:14:10 PM PST
by
1-Eagle
(B.Franklin: "..a Republic, if you can keep it." Let us all resolve to be Keepers!)
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