Netanyahu rejects settlement freeze, as teens pledge not to serve in Israeli army
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting on March 9, 2014 in Jerusalem. (Photo: AFP - Gali Tibbon)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he is opposed to freezing construction in settlements as a means to extend US-sponsored peace talks with Palestinians, as a group of young Israelis made a public pledge to not serve in the military. A settlement freeze “would serve nothing,” Netanyahu told public radio. Meanwhile, some 50 of Israeli teenagers informed Netanyahu they will refuse to serve in the military because of its role in the occupation of Palestinian land in a letter on Saturday. read (...)
