Tag: construction freeze

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly made the request during his visit last week to Israel in a bid to de-escalate tensions amid rampant PA Arab terrorism.

The repeated postponement of the Planning Council meetings creates a long-term chain reaction resulting in a de facto freezing of construction in the Israeli communities in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley and stopping the development of the communities.

Jewish Israelis in Judea and Samaria wonder why their own communities are in deep freeze, while Israel is discussing plans to build thousands of housing units in Qalqilya.

Nevertheless, it is still not clear exactly when the project will be brought to completion, and no end date was set by the prime minister.

“We must remain attuned to the concerns of the adjacent [Israeli] communities.”

Arab media are warning the U.S. will lean on Abbas to end salaries to terrorists and their families, in and out of jails, and in Gaza.

Netanyahu made it clear a construction freeze in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria was a non-starter, would spell political disaster.

A bill to enforce the law in planning and construction across all populations has just passed the government.

The US says it's questioning Israel's determination to reach a two-state solution with the Palestinian Authority.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told the Yisrael Beytenu faction he won't give media interviews until at least Rosh Hashana: first he has to "learn the material."

It looks like Israel's PM Binyamin Netanyahu may have begun the two-step back into the world of covert construction freezes.