Merkel after Netanyahu meet: 'We've agreed to disagree on settlement construction'

During joint press conference with Netanyahu in Berlin during his two-day official visit to Germany, Merkel stresses the importance of refraining from unilateral decisions on the Israeli side as well as the Palestinian side.

By Ofer Aderet, Danielle Zilberberg and Barak Ravid | 18:31 06.12.12 |

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have "agreed to disagree" over Israel's decision to move forward with planning and zoning in the E-1 region of the West Bank, the German premier announced Thursday.

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Next stop, sanction.
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Netanyahu takes the rest of the world for fools. As most nations do not want to get involed, it is difficult to fault his logic
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Merkel
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- 06 Dec 2012
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Israel is and will create the next global war, a war that will devastate the entire planet and this stupid woman uses the most ludicrous response to protect economic interests. I guess idiots of a feather flock together.
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We agree to disagree?
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- 06 Dec 2012
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Is this what Merkel meant by her threat of isolating Bibi? What a joke.
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