Excerpt from PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Cornerstone-laying Ceremony for
Ashdod's new Southern Port
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Following is an excerpt from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks
this morning (Tuesday, 28 October 2014), at the cornerstone-laying ceremony
for Ashdod's new southern port:

"We will continue to develop seaports in order to lower the costs of goods.

We will continue to pave highways and build railroads in order to join the
Negev and the Galilee to the center of the country.

We will continue to build in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. We have built
in Jerusalem, we are building in Jerusalem and we will continue to build in
Jerusalem.

I have heard a claim that our construction in Jewish neighborhoods in
Jerusalem makes peace more distant. It is the criticism which is making
peace more distant. These words are detached from reality.

They foster false statements among the Palestinians.

When Abu Mazen incites to murder Jews in Jerusalem, the international
community is silent and when we build in Jerusalem they are up in arms.

I do not accept this double standard.

Just the French build in Paris and the English build in London, Israelis
build in Jerusalem.

We will continue to build in Jerusalem and we will continue to build in here
in Ashdod."