The US - not Israel - decided not to go for the 'settlement freeze' extension

This report by Gary Rosenblatt of the Jewish Week certainly makes sense. I wrote on Tuesday that “Jerusalem’s refusal to accept a U.S. deal, including military and diplomatic perks, in return for a 90-day extension of the freeze on building in the settlements has soured the administration on Netanyahu lately.”But the next day a senior Israeli official contacted me to say that “contrary to