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Israeli Defense Minister Barak: Agreement with Palestinians Does Not Depend on Limiting "Natural Growth"


[New York Times] Mark Landler and Isabel Kershner - On Monday, Ehud Barak, the defense minister and leader of the Labor party, gave a hypothetical example of a family of four that originally moved into a two-room home in a settlement. "Now there are six children," he said. "Should they be allowed to build another room or not?...Ninety-five percent of people will tell you it cannot be that someone in the world honestly thinks an agreement with the Palestinians will stand or fall over this."
2009-05-28 06:00:00
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