Netanyahu vakuuttelee israelilaisyleisöä siitä, ettei hänen oikeistolaisen hallituskoalitionsa äärioikeistosiipi (etenkin Yisrael Beitenu ja Shas) ole lainkaan ainoa taho, joka ajaa jo itsessään laittomien siirtokuntien laitonta laajentamista. ”I do not need coalition partners to pressure me into continuing to build in Jerusalem,” he said. ”I, myself, plan to continue building in Jerusalem as all previous prime ministers did before me.”
Netanyahu: I’m not building in Jerusalem for Lieberman and Yishai (Haaretz 27-03-2010) | |||
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By Yossi Verter, Barak Ravid and Natasha Mozgovaya Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Reuters | |||
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that he is building in Jerusalem on his own accord and not because coalition partners are pressuring him to do so, senior officials told Haaretz. In closed talks, Netanyahu clarified that he has no intention of breaking up his rightwing coalition to form a more moderate centrist alliance, despite continuing pressure from the United States for a compromise over Israeli building in east Jerusalem. ”I do not need coalition partners to pressure me into continuing to build in Jerusalem,” he said. ”I, myself, plan to continue building in Jerusalem as all previous prime ministers did before me.”
Netanyahu added: ”I am not building in Jerusalem just because [Foreign Minister Avigdor] Lieberman or [Interior Minister Eli] Yishai are pressuring me to do so.” | |||
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