The Israeli Public Radio: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to expand the settlement buildings in Itamar settlement, in a response to the operation that took place four months ago and left four Israeli settlers. He ordered expanding the Itamar settlement in response to Palestinian operations. The Israeli radio said Netanyahu's office ratified adding 50 settlement units to Itamar. It added Netanyahu decided to add 210 units before the operation. The Israeli Radio pointed out Israeli Minister of Defense, Ehud Barack, refused to accept the project while his office declared the settlement building is legal. Yediot Ahronot: There was a big demonstration in Jerusalem full of Palestinian and Israeli activists to support the establishment of the Palestinian state. Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis prepared to participate in a big demonstration on Friday called ‘Forward to achieve independence.' The participants will raise slogans to support Palestinians, calling for the recognition of the Palestinian state. Yediot Ahronot underlined the declarations of the organizers of the march, in which they stressed the recognition of Palestine's independence is an important step which will pave the way for any direct negotiations. The newspaper stressed that Israeli leftist movements will participate in the march in addition to public committees from East Jerusalem. It reported it is the first march since 1991 to will witness the participation of Jews and Muslims together. According to the Israeli newspaper, the Israeli police will protect the march, including many areas in Jerusalem, especially since the organizers of the march pledged to keep stable security and avoid any confrontations with rightist activists. Marriv: Israel considers buying V-22 Boeing Helicopter. A delegation of high-profile officers visited the U.S to train and test the new helicopter V-22, produced by Boeing Company. Marriv mentioned the Israeli Army has no current plans to buy more military aircrafts for the Israeli Air Defense but it works to know the different kinds of aircrafts in all fields. Marriv said the new plane can transfer troops and the military weapons from one place to other. It added the aircraft combines jet engines and blades. Haartez: 81 percent of the U.S Jews oppose Israel's return to 1967 borders. A number of American experts conducted an opinion poll after Obama's speech supporting Israel's withdrawal to 1967 borders. The poll shows 81 percent of Jews living in the U.S. strongly refuse the proposal. According to the poll, about 88 percent of the American Jews support Netanyahu's call for the Palestinian recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people. 61 percent of those people who voted agree Obama is supporting for Palestine at the expense of Israel, while 63 percent of American Jews expressed their support for Obama. The poll, published by the Israeli newspaper Haartez, clarified 65 percent of American Jews support the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, while only 20 percent refused his policies.
