Secretary-General Ze'ev Hever of the Amana movement for housing in Judea and Samarai said Monday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was freezing construction bids in Jerusalem. During a meeting held by the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home-New National Religious Party) Knesset faction in the Judean Jewish community of Efrat, Zambish said, "Bibi's conduct and terminology are very reminiscent of [former prime minister Ariel] Sharon. Construction bids are being frozen in the heart of Jerusalem, as they are in Har Homa, on orders of the prime minister."
Hever said, "The government does not have to be toppled, but pressure must be applied from within to balance the massive external American pressure."
Bayit Yehudi Chairman Daniel Hershkowitz said, "We will continue to make our voices heard in the cabinet and in the Knesset against the freeze, but if the area does not wake up, I'm afraid that won't be enough, because the coalition factions are not really with us in this struggle."