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not just that building has stopped: The
committees that deal with this are not
even meeting anymore!'
Projects under construction would
be completed, Margalit said.
President Obama reportedly asked
Netanyahu to declare a freeze on east-
ern Jerusalem construction in order to
bring the Palestinians back to proxim-
ity talks on a peace agreement during
their meeting last month at the White
House.
The Palestinians have said they will
not enter new indirect talks with Israel
until Jewish construction is halted in
eastern Jerusalem.
Netanyahu had rejected an Obama
administration call for a total con-
struction freeze in eastern Jerusalem
in a message conveyed recently to the
White House, according to the Wall
Street Journal and confirmed by the
Prime Minister's Office.
Netanyahu did agree, however,
to undertake confidence-building
measures toward the Palestinians,
including allowing the opening of
Palestinian Authority institutions in
eastern Jerusalem, turning over more
West Bank land to Palestinian security
control and discussing core issues
such as permanent borders and the
status of Jerusalem during indirect
peace talks instead of waiting for
direct negotiations.
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U.S. Committed To Israel
Security, Says Obama
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President
Obama told Israel's defense minister
that the United States is committed to
Israel's security.
Obama spoke with Ehud Barak at
the White House, where the defense
minister had arrived on Monday
to meet with U.S. National Security
Adviser James Jones.
Obama also told Barak that he is
determined to bring about a com-
prehensive peace in the Middle East,
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs told
reporters.
Also Monday, Jones apologized for
telling an off-color Jewish joke last
week during a 25th anniversary cel-
ebration for the Washington Institute
for Near East Policy.
The joke told the story of a Jewish
merchant who had tricked a Taliban
terrorist searching for water into buy-
ing a tie.
"I wish that I had not made this
off-the-cuff joke at the top of my
remarks," Jones said.
"It also distracted from the larger
message I carried that day: That the
United States' commitment to Israel's
security is sacrosanct!'
Rally Decries Obama
NEW YORK (JTA) — At least 1,000
demonstrators protesting President
Obama's treatment of Israel gathered
in front of the Israeli Consulate in
Manhattan.
Sunday's rally was organized by the
Jewish Action Alliance and sponsored
by 20 groups, Jewish and non-Jewish.
"We are outraged that President
Obama is scapegoating Israel and
wants to expel Jews from their homes
in Jerusalem:' said Beth Gilinsky of the
Jewish Action Alliance, according to
WPIX TV in New York.
"President Obama and Secretary
[of State] Hillary Clinton show more
anger about a Jewish family building a
home in Jerusalem than Iran building
a nuclear bomb. Vast segments of the
Jewish community will not tolerate
the president's continuing attacks on
Israel. Grassroots Jewry will not be
silent!'
In a taped message played for the
protesters, former New York City
Mayor Ed Koch slammed Obama for
his treatment of Israel and Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel Lifts iPad Ban
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has
lifted its ban on the iPad. The
Communications Ministry announced
Saturday it will allow personal imports
of the Apple iPad into the country.
Since its release two weeks ago,
Israeli customs officials had been
confiscating the device from Israelis
entering the country.
Officials said the devices were
banned because they did not meet
Israel's wireless specifications and
could place a strain on the wireless
Internet in Israel.
But a report in Time magazine sug-
gested that the reason might have
more to do with personal politics:
iDigital, Apple's sole official Israeli
importer, is owned by Chemi Peres,
son of Israeli President Shimon Peres,
and the ban might have been about
protecting his monopoly.
A Communications Ministry state-
ment released Saturday said, "The
scrutiny conducted by the Ministry
technical team vis-a-vis Apple's team,
International laboratory and European
counterparts confirmed that the
device which could be operated in
various standards will be operated in
Israel in accordance to the local stan-
dards."