As Daniel Levy said at an excellent Jewish Book Week debate on Israel and the Palestinians on Sunday night, the "nod and a wink" policy of building in the West Bank continues, despite the moratorium. According to reports the fig-leaf in Israel's fascist-fundamentalist-fig-leaf government, Ehud Barak has approved 112 new apartments on the West Bank.
And this at time when Israel and the Palestinians are due to restart proximity talks.
Israel is acting against itself.