"The plans, which have not yet been approved by the government, were drawn up by the Civil Administration, the government agency responsible for nonmilitary matters in the West Bank."
Israel`s policy is always to push and probe, to see how far the USA will allow it to go. It doesn`t yet know the limits of Obama`s patience, so it is now testing the water. One yank of the chain by Obama and these settlement plans will be quietly shelved. |
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