JERUSALEM - Israeli government supported the plan of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahua to approve the construction of hundreds of new housing in settlements in the West Bank.
One associate Netanjahua announced on Friday plans for new construction, but also hinted that Israel could suspend construction in some parts of the West Bank in exchange for a corresponding offer from the Arab world. " Minister of Transport Jizrael Katz Netanjahua called the move "a good plan."
According the AP agency, the proposed new construction is sniffing the U.S. demands for its complete cessation. Israeli construction in the West Bank is encountered and the condemnation of the Palestinians, who said that was a complete suspension of construction condition for the continuation of peace negotiations.
U.S. President Barack Obama has said that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is one of the key issues of his foreign policy, expressing hope that negotiations would lead to broader agreements the Jewish state and the Arab world.
Swedish warning
JERUSALEM - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt suddenly canceled a visit to Israel, said a spokesman of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This was, as assumed, due kulminiranja disputes between the two countries, which were caused by last month's articles in a Swedish tabloid, in which Israeli soldiers accused of taking organs from dead Palestinians.
In the same article also indicated that it is a chain of international trade in human organs, at whose head is the Jews. The Swedish government, citing freedom of the press, refused to officially condemn the excerpts from the article, which Israel has sought.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he considers raising the complaint against the Swedish tabloid reporters, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he recalls the story of medieval libel that Jews kill Christian children for their blood.
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