Report: Despite PM's Promises, a Building Freeze in Jerusalem

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Report: Despite PM's Promises, a Building Freeze in Jerusalem
by Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) Despite his stated support for permanent Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu recently froze a major construction project in the capital city as a diplomatic gesture to the United States. So reported Channel 10 news correspondent Raviv Drucker, citing testimony from Jerusalem city officials. Netanyahu has denied the report.

According to Drucker, Netanyahu ordered a halt to a construction project in Pisgat Zeev, a major Jewish neighborhood that is home to more than 40,000 Israelis. The project was to provide another 900 housing units in the area. Netanyahu's order was given shortly after American officials asked Israel to freeze building in Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and all parts of Jerusalem demanded by the Palestinian Authority. The PA has laid claim to all Jerusalem neighborhoods that were occupied by Jordan between the years of 1948 and 1967, including Pisgat Zeev.

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PM Puts Freeze on 900 Apartments in Pisgat Ze’ev - News Briefs - Israel National News

PM Puts Freeze on 900 Apartments in Pisgat Ze’ev
Reported: 00:28 AM - Jul/30/09

(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructed the Ministry of Building to hold up construction on 900 apartments in east Jerusalem, Israel’s Channel 10 reported Wednesday. The project had been scheduled for Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze'ev Jewish neighborhood. The order to freeze the project comes a day after Netanyahu conducted talks with U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell.

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Since Bibi denied the report, something must be up. We'll have to wait & see.