Lieberman: Coalition won't extend building freeze

FM promises that he will vote against any extension of building freeze, reiterates call that achieving peace in a year is "unrealistic."

By JPOST.COM STAFF
lieberman imposing 311 (photo credit: AP)
lieberman imposing 311
(photo credit: AP)
The government coalition will not renew the building freeze in the settlements, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an Israel Radio interview on Monday.
"A promise is a promise," Lieberman told Israel Radio. "We will not agree to any extension [of the building freeze]."
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Lieberman also reiterated in another interview, this time with Army Radio, his view that ongoing talks were creating high expectations and that the declared goal of a peace deal within a year was impossible.
He alleged that the Palestinian side was just bidding for time and looking for a way to blame Israel for the breakdown of peace talks and was not serious about peace negotiations.