22.09.2009, 18:54
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Zitat:Aide: Netanyahu won't bend on settlements
Israeli prime minister to meet American and Palestinian leaders Tuesday
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The tough Israeli line could signal trouble for Tuesday's summit, where President Barack Obama is bringing together Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in hopes of relaunching peace talks.
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‘Zionist enterprise’
Netanyahu's media adviser, Nir Hefetz, said the prime minister would hold firm to his opposition to a settlement freeze.
"You have never heard the prime minister say that he will freeze settlements. The opposite is true," Hefetz Army Radio ahead of Netanyahu's departure on Monday.
"He sees the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as a Zionist enterprise and he sees the settlers ... as his brothers, our brothers, and acts accordingly," Hefetz said, using the Hebrew terms for the West Bank.
Though some Israeli leaders may see halting settlement as a constructive step, Hefetz said, "the prime minister is not one of those people."
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