Nir Hefez, spokesman to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told Israeli radio early this morning that his government had reached an agreement with the Obama administration on housing settlements to be built in East Jerusalem.

As part of the “list of understandings” reached between the Obama administration and Netanyahu, Hefez said that while “The construction policy will not change. . . . Israel is prepared to make additional steps in order to advance peace talks” with Palestine.

Meanwhile, a poll published in the Jerusalem Post finds that just 9 percent of Israelis believe the Obama administration is pro-Israel, while 48 percent believe it is pro-Palestine.

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