Will the moratorium continue? In Lebanon reports have suggested that US President Barack Obama has received a commitment from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the building freeze by 8 months. It is set to end on 26 September. Diplomatic sources have said Obama wants to arrive at the UN General Assembly with results from the negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. At a government meeting, ahead of a meeting in Sharm el Sheikh between netanyahu and Abbas, Netanyahu chose not to address the issue of the freeze and rather stressed the importance of Palestinians providing recognition of the State of Israel s a homeland for the Jewish People. We live on the same piece of land, he said, and while we talk about two states for two peoples, they, the Palestinians talk about two states and one nation