Background: exhaustive listing of unanticipated developments since announcement of freeze

Dr. Aaron Lerner
IMRA
14 September '10

Any analysis of the decisions that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes in the coming days regarding post September 26th settlement construction must take into account developments since the announcement of the settlement freeze that were not anticipated at the time that Mr. Netanyahu announced the freeze and proclaimed to the world that the freeze would end after 10 months.

In the absence of a significant and substantial list, a decision by Prime Minister Netanyahu to break his promise risks seriously undermining his credibility vis-à-vis the Palestinians, the Arab world and the world in general as well as within Israel itself.

The following is an exhaustive listing of developments that were not anticipated:

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[AL: In light of the many e-mails received advising that the " exhaustive listing of developments that were not anticipated" is missing from the item, please note that that is the point.

"<>" = there were no unanticipated developments.

Absolutely everything that has transpired in the last 10 months could and should have been anticipated at the time that Prime Minister Netanyahu proclaimed to the world that the freeze would end after 10 months.]

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