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| Netanyahu hopes to resume Palestinian talks |
| 2009-08-27 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his government was making progress towards reopening talks with the Palestinians and hoped to be able to do so shortly. Israel has so far resisted U.S. President Barack Obama's calls to freeze settlement building so that peace talks may resume, and the dispute has led to a rare rift in the Jewish state's relations with Washington. Speaking in London ahead of a meeting with the United States envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell, Netanyahu said: "We are making headway. My government has taken steps both in words and deeds to move forward." Mitchell is pressing the hawkish Netanyahu to freeze Jewish settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, where the Palestinians want to build their future state and capital along with Gaza. Mitchell is also trying to get Arab states to make some gestures towards Israel. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 and at the 10 month mark, 0bams renegs on the US promises and demands the Jews march quietly to the ovens. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-08-27 15:16 |
| #1 haaretz says a deal is close to done (a Bibi US deal, that is) It would look like this 1. A freeze on building in settlements the west bank for nine months 2. 2000 units currently under construction could be completed 3. No freeze in east Jerusalem 4. Where its necessary to build a kindergarden or other public building for normal life in a settlement, that is okay 5. At the end of nine months, if the arabs have not responded with diplo and trade goodies for israel, the freeze ends, and the US agrees not to push for another one. |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-08-27 10:18 |