FM promises that he will vote against any extension of building freeze, reiterates call that achieving peace in a year is "unrealistic."
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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]."RELATED:MK Braverman: Lieberman as FM is intolerableFM hints J’lem building was also frozen"I promise that if there's a proposal that we [Israel Beitenu] don't accept, it will not pass," he said.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.
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