Jerusalem is our more than 3,500 year old Eternal Capital. Yet Bibi plans to halt construction in Jerusalem to please likely the most anti-Israel U.S. President in Israel's history. Can you imagine any other nation acting with such flagrant lack of self respect? Once again, Bibi displays despicable cowardice. What really scares me is that Bibi may let Iran build functional nuclear bombs because of his pathetic fear of Obama .Bibi is a real menace to Israel.

So if Netanyahu keeps to his word. and offers a gesture of goodwill then we can expect to see an Abbas gesture in return Maybe as the song goes 'This could be the start of a beautiful friendship'?

bibi has to fight his tendancy to concede in the face of obama. West bank is disputed and israel has the ritght to build there and in jeruslame. Lookat how the arabs are building>

God Himself will destroy any country that tries to prevent His people from building on His land. The US and the world will soon feel the wrath for interfering with the Lord's plans for us, so ignore their demands and keep building.

In the 'end' it's the US that will make the decision to put our military in defense of Israel...and not some insane AH Israeli's who can't seem to do anything but hate everyone! TATA

You should learn from Alexander Hamilton who once said: "A nation that prefers disgrace to danger is ready for a master and deserves one." Israel doesn't deserve a master, but you, dear Benyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu do deserve a master, because you are a spineless coward bowing to Obama and the State Department. Oh and by they way: I won't vote for you anymore. All you do is talk, talk and talk. The missile threat from Hamas in Gaza and Hizbollah in Lebanon is still there - you still haven't attacked them and dismantled their military capabilities. You still haven't told the world that there is no "Palestine" and "Palestinians" and that we Jews are the ONLY natives, original, ancient and historical population in the land of Israel - we have lived here longer than any other ethnic group. You still haven't expelled the Arabs from Judea, Samaria and Gaza, you still haven't razed the Al Aqsa mosque to the ground, you still haven't built the Third Temple, you still haven't annexed Judea, Samaria and Gaza, you still haven't attacked Iran and you even wanted to apologize to the Turks. Maybe you're good at finance and business and maybe you're good at delivering speeches - but that's all. You don't deserve to be the PM - not as long as you behave like a Left Wing Liberal moral relativist materialist wimp. There is simply no comparison between you and your father. You should know that life is not so sweet and no peace so dear that we have to live like slaves in chains, fearing everybody's "opinions". Never trade our freedom for popularity. Stop caring about whether you anger the Americans or not. I would anger them everyday - I would build even more the more they complain. The more people are angered by my Israeli patriotism the more patriotic I will become. Hatred and anger to Israel has the opposite effect on me. I will do even more of what the enemies of Israel dislike. In a sense you are similar to King Herod who was a puppet of the Romans. Now you're a puppet to Obama. You have to earn your respect Mr Netanyahu.

Talk about misplaced priorities! So cowed has Israel become in asserting its own sovereign rights that it fears upsetting his US hosts to the point they'll give short shrift to the bigger issues. Israel's response, should the issue come up should be something like, "Mr. President, I'm here to discuss matters that concern the very existence of my country. I'm not here to talk about apartment construction and I will *not* talk about apartment construction."

BIBI is a Coward

... why Israel should self-deprecate its sovereignty to please a president who has been hostile to Israel since he took office. Let Obama get as angry as he wants; who cares? What can he do, really, with the entire United States Congress clearly behind Israel?

I have agreed with all of your talkbacks. However, BIBI is no coward. He is merely playing his cards well. He is saying to Obama: "We WILL build, but for now I give you NO excuses." He is there to get the time frame for "Operation Ex-Iran"

Bibi is doing the right thing. He is a smart politician...but he will not compromise Israel's security. He is merely telling Obama: "I am here to let you know that we are on our way. You want us to inform you. I am doing just that. I cannot tell you the exact date because we do not want you to tell Iran. So be ready with your Navy as previously discussed. Check mate.

on the construction of Jewish buildings on Jewish land...THAT IS DISGUSTING ! AND A SIGNAL OF WEAKNESS...

As usual, you have it backwards. If you truly want to see someone who can't seem to do anything but hate, look in the mirror. Do you get the point, finally? tata

Seems the israeli papers are like kids who have discovered a new toy - they immediately have to blabber about it for the whole world. Make sure they SHUT UP, or they will get a real large fine, and go on building, as normal. And oh - shut up Peace Now for good, they should have been in prison for fifth-column activities against the state long time ago. Israel is a country in war, and has to behave accordingly.

real issue is whether jews will be sovereign anywhere on the earth

I hope that you are right. But I wouldn't halt construction just to placate the ruffled feathers of a virulent anti-Semite and hater of Israel, even if he does happen to be the president of the United States.

Well, prior restraint and democracy and a free press do not exactly go hand in hand.

why Israel should bow down to this miserable despicable country that hasn;t won a war by itself in its whole history ? America is circling the bowl and good riddance to them

In the UK there are a few activists and chattering class types who oppose Israel just as there are a few in the USA. But the vast majority of Brits don't even think about Israel. They couldn't care less about Israel one way or the other any more than they care whether the Indians or native Fijians rule Fiji. Meanwhile across the ocean in a tiny country called Israel there is a paper called Ynet where Jews from around the world gather to jump up and down screaming blood curdling insults at the British every time that country is mentioned. Do you all realize how funny you are?

#17 Israeli 2. I'd like to have your faith in Bibi, but I don't for two main reasons. Firstly, Bibi has a very long history of giving in to pressure. He talks tough and than folds like a lawn chair under pressure. So his Jerusalem building halt is, unfortunately, true to his character. Secondly, Jerusalem building has nothing to do with destroying Iran's nukes. Bibi's Jerusalem freeze will be understood by Obama, and all Israel's enemies and false friends, as a sign of weakness. Unfortunately, they are correct.

do not stop any construction

Let jeremia wright follower put legs on the table in front of BiBi BIBI has no self respect and no respect for for AM ISRAEL HE IS NO BEN GURION,HE IS NOT SHAMIR, HE IS NOT BEGIN HE HAS NO BEYZIM