Netanyahu secretly promised not to link Jerusalem and nearby settlement, Palestine papers show

26.01.2011                     21.Shevat, 5771

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Netanyahu secretly promised not to link Jerusalem and nearby settlement, Palestine papers show

Released documents run contrary to Israel's long-standing plan to build a neighborhood of 3,500 homes in area E1, construction that the U.S. has strongly opposed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly promised U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during his first visit to the White House in May 2009 that Israel would not build new neighborhoods in E1, a controversial area which connects Jerusalem to Ma'aleh Adumim.
Netanyahu's commitment is revealed in two documents from the Palestinian Negotiations Support Unit Unit leaked to Al Jazeera TV….