Netanyahu and Mitchell reportedly agreed to halt Jewish construction—officially in Judea and Samaria, and unofficially in East Jerusalem. Obama won’t demand that Israel announce a freeze, but he expects no construction to take place.
Despite Israeli requests, Mitchell could not produce a list of reciprocal concessions by the Palestinians. Obama did not agree to permit Israel to continue construction in the settlements if the Palestinians fail to enact confidence-building measures.
Israel will undertake a moratorium on construction, the Palestinians will not reciprocate, and in a year the world will become used to the absence of construction. The government has created a new status quo where each new house built after the moratorium will cause an international outcry.
Just days ago, Netanyahu was vocal about major troubles in settlements whose residents cannot even build enough schools for their children. Now the troubles are no more, and the population will continue swelling for another year without a coresponding increase in housing. Even in the ghettos, Jews were allowed to build inside their districts.
They reach dead end and there’s no surprise. did the Jewish government expect America to support the construction? Negotiations reach dead end and will remain there until the Jewish government stops paying too much attention to the opinions of other countries.
Hi-tech settlements Israel suffers from have all the right to exist in contrast to Jewish settlemets. It’s fair, isn’t it?