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Setting the Record Straight

Sticking to Commitments

posted on 03/14/08

"You can’t freeze building in Jerusalem and the surrounding areas, where there is a great need for housing. If we can’t build, then we can’t negotiate. If this activity brings an end to the talks, then that is just."
–Shas Party leader Eli Yishai, March 12, 2008

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"It’s not the Israeli government policy to expand settlements these days. Basically, I don’t think that it helps. We decided to stop settlement activities."
–Israeli Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tzipi Livni, Harvard University, March 12, 2008