An Israel Radio report quotes Prime Minister Netanyahu as saying that his government will not expand building in Judea and Samaria, quoting comments he made at the Likud faction meeting off the record, after statements to the media were made.
According to the station, during the closed-to-reporters part of the Likud faction meeting, the council head from Beit El, a settlement town in the West Bank, asked the prime minister about building in the settlements.
“You take care of the interests of your community, while I take of the interests of the entire country,” Netanyahu is said to have told the Beit El councilman. “There are international pressures, and we need to manage this cleverly.”
The report did not say whether Netanyahu meant a freeze on all construction, only on new projects, or just specifically in Beit El.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 12, 2015. (Emil Salman/POOL)
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