Washington, March 26: U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed Israel can continue building in occupied East Jerusalem, a spokesman for Netanyahu said in a radio interview on Friday.
The spokesman, Nir Hefez, said Israel and Washington were “in disagreement” after their talks on Wednesday on some points pertaining to how to renew peace talks with the Palestinians, but had agreed Israeli “construction policy in Jerusalem doesn’t change.”
—-Agencies