By Barak Ravid: Israel seeks Arab response for settlement building freeze
Talkback
Title: So if it`s a TEMPORARY freeze then obviously.... Name: Johnboy City: Sydney State: Australia
... the Israelis will only be enquiring about TEMPORARY trade offices, correct? No, I didn`t really think so either. Now, please explain to me how rewarding Israel for a TEMPORARY freeze gives Netanyahu *any* incentive *other* than to announce a three-month freeze, claim his prize, and then sit on his hands for three months while that clock ticks down to zero. At which point Bibi dons the hardhat and emerges from his hidey-hole brandishing "normalization papers" in one hand and a big ol` shovel in the other.