This article dated Mar 15th says otherwise.
‘Jerusalem construction will go on’
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 14, 2010,
Already Friday, March 12, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s peremptory demand for a moratorium on construction in East Jerusalem for the duration of indirect talks with the Palestinians.
This was in addition to the freeze he accepted earlier on settlement construction on the West Bank.
Netanyahu did not disclose this concession to the full cabinet meeting Sunday, March 14, only to the inner cabinet of seven which he convened Saturday night to discuss the spiraling crisis in relations with Washington.
According to sources familiar with the content of Clinton’s phone call to the prime minister, she did not allow it to proceed like a normal conversation between the high officials of two governments, but simply read out a prepared list of Obama administration demands in relation to the talks with the Palestinians US envoy George Mitchell would be getting off the ground in the coming days.
Netanyahu was not given a chance to agree or disagree; Clinton presented those demands as an ultimatum.
Her key requirement was for Israel to freeze construction in Jerusalem as well as the West Bank for the four months of indirect negotiations with the Palestinians and then continue the suspension past that stage after direct talks begin.
Sunday, Netanyahu instructed the relevant planning authorities to suspend authorizations for new building - or even alterations such as balconies - in all the outlying Jerusalem suburbs of Ramot Eshkol, French Hill, Pisgat Zeev, Neve Yakov, Har Homah and Gilo.
I’m Shocked!! What a surprise!
That’s our shit for guts BB. No Pride, No Guts, No Balls BB. I want Livni, any surprises would be positive at least.
Comment by yamit82 — March 15, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
This article is old news already, and appears to be DEBKA’s news-engineering rather than factual. Netanyahu has unanimous support by all the coalition parties, including Barak and Labor, and has not budged on the terms of the ten-month building freeze. That freeze expires in a few months, long before, I suppose, actual work will begin on the 1600 units. It also excludes Jerusalem, as Biden and Clinton have known full well all along.
Comment by BlandOatmeal — March 15, 2010 @ 9:50 pm
He didn’t have the balls to tell the bitch to go fuck herself.
Comment by Laura — March 16, 2010 @ 1:16 am
It’s Obama, Biden, the Democratic congressmen in Washington against the will of 2 millian American citizens. They will mouth off, but will not be able to really hurt Israel.
Comment by Ed D — March 16, 2010 @ 2:05 am
Notice the outcry from “Jewish” members of Congress?
No?
There are about ten Jewish senators, all Democrats, and every one of them is a passive accomplice to Obama’s jihad against the Jews.
Give me a good Christian Zionist any day.
In fact, I am hoping ron will run against Specter.
Campaign slogan?
“Let’s Shove The Magic Bullet Theory up Arlen’s Ass!”
It projects strength without being pretentious.
Comment by ayn reagan — March 16, 2010 @ 2:22 am