De bouwstop op de Westoever is, ondanks het feit dat Oost Jeruzalem uitgezonderd is en er wel nog publieke gebouwen gebouwd mogen worden - zeker een pijnlijke concessie voor Netanjahoe, die hem zelf ook in de problemen kan brengen. Hij is aan de macht gekomen met de belofte niet teveel toe te geven en op te komen voor Joodse rechten in het hele land. Hij was bereid te onderhandelen, maar zou niet zoals links, 'gratis' dingen weggeven, en hij had het niet over een tweestatenoplossing.
Nog geen jaar later heeft hij een tweestatenoplossing geaccepteerd en een tijdelijke bouwstop op de Westoever. Uiteraard zijn veel kolonisten boos op hem en noemen hem een verrader. Nee, dan Abbas. Hij kwam aan de macht met de belofte dat hij voor niets minder zou gaan dan een Palestijnse staat in Gaza, de Westoever en Oost Jeruzalem volgens de 1949 wapenstilstandslijnen (hij heeft het altijd over grenzen), en een onbeperkt recht op terugkeer. Het enige waar hij misschien enigzins in is opgeschoven is de mogelijkheid om enkele Israelische nederzettingen voor evenveel land aan Israelische zijde te ruilen. Wat betreft Jeruzalem en de vluchtelingen is hij in al die jaren geen centimeter opgeschoven. WIe is hier nou compromisbereid? Toch durven komieken als Thomas von der Dunk hem een buikspreekpop van Netanjahoe te noemen.
RP
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The Jerusalem Post
Dec 1, 2009 11:22 | Updated Dec 1, 2009 20:13
PM: Settlement freeze a one-time, temporary offer
By TOVAH LAZAROFF AND JPOST.COM STAFF
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259243054462&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The ten-month moratorium on new settlement construction is a "one-time, temporary offer," warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu when he spoke Tuesday night at an economic conference in Airport City, just outside of Ben-Gurion Airport.
"We took this step out of a deep desire to start anew negotiations for peace with the Palestinians," said Netanyahu.
Should the Palestinians not return to the negotiations table, he said, "We will resume building. The future of Judea and Samaria will be determined by a final status agreement and not one day before then," said Netanyahu.
The moratorium was not intended to stop the continuation of normal life in Judea and Samaria, said Netanyahu. He added that work would continue on the 3,000 apartment units which had been authorized. Classrooms and synagogues will also be built.
"The decision is not to authorize new construction," said Netanyahu. He added that "it was not an easy decision, not for the settlers and not for me."
"The settlers in Judea and Samaria are an integral part of our nation," said Netanyahu.
Also commenting on the recent settlement freeze decision was retired Lt.-Col. Zvi Keren, who told Army Radio later on Tuesday that "after the halt [in settlement construction], there might someday come an evacuation."
Keren stressed that Israelis could not continue to "inhabit every hill in Judea and Samaria," as the only possible solution to the conflict in the region was "two states for two peoples."
"It's a tactical maneuver, not a strategic one," said Keren, conceding that "as time goes by, the evacuation of Jews becomes more and more difficult."
Earlier on Tuesday, civil administration inspectors attempting to issue injunctions around Judea and Samaria encountered resistance from settlers in Kiryat Arba, Karnei Shomron and other communities in the region.
"We took this step out of a deep desire to start anew negotiations for peace with the Palestinians," said Netanyahu.
Should the Palestinians not return to the negotiations table, he said, "We will resume building. The future of Judea and Samaria will be determined by a final status agreement and not one day before then," said Netanyahu.
The moratorium was not intended to stop the continuation of normal life in Judea and Samaria, said Netanyahu. He added that work would continue on the 3,000 apartment units which had been authorized. Classrooms and synagogues will also be built.
"The decision is not to authorize new construction," said Netanyahu. He added that "it was not an easy decision, not for the settlers and not for me."
"The settlers in Judea and Samaria are an integral part of our nation," said Netanyahu.
Also commenting on the recent settlement freeze decision was retired Lt.-Col. Zvi Keren, who told Army Radio later on Tuesday that "after the halt [in settlement construction], there might someday come an evacuation."
Keren stressed that Israelis could not continue to "inhabit every hill in Judea and Samaria," as the only possible solution to the conflict in the region was "two states for two peoples."
"It's a tactical maneuver, not a strategic one," said Keren, conceding that "as time goes by, the evacuation of Jews becomes more and more difficult."
Earlier on Tuesday, civil administration inspectors attempting to issue injunctions around Judea and Samaria encountered resistance from settlers in Kiryat Arba, Karnei Shomron and other communities in the region.
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