Tenders

Minister Calls to End Talks Until UN Bids Pulled

Housing Minister Uri Ariel declares talks should end until the move retracted, slams Livni for blaming others over failure.

Government announces tenders marketing land for construction in Judea Samaria communities, Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood.

PA claims Israel didn't really cancel construction tenders announced several weeks ago, threatens to end talks.

In response to Ariel's promise to build in Shomron, PA official says: "It will be difficult to evict all the settlers."

Deputy Foreign Minister scolds Finance Minister over objection to new tenders.

"Let Netanyahu make peace with Bennett,” senior PA official tells Voice of Israel radio.

Bayit Yehudi's Slomiansky tell IDF Radio extensive construction in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria is on its way.

Bennett: the question is not why are we building in Jerusalem, but why haven't we been doing so until now.

Housing Minister Uri Ariel retorts: "No country in the world accepts dictates from other countries on where it is allowed to build or not."

UN Secy-Gen Ban Ki-moon has accused Israel of "provocative action" in publishing routine, approved tenders for 40 new homes for Efrat.