At Campaign Stop, Netanyahu Admits Jerusalem Settlement Was Strategic

“It was a way of stopping Bethlehem from moving toward Jerusalem,” Mr. Netanyahu said of the construction. “This neighborhood, exactly because it stops the continuation of the Palestinians,” he added, “I saw the potential was really great.”
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