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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sunday.
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Netanyahu: I hope Palestinians 'get a grip,' renew peace talks
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit out Sunday at the Palestinian Authority over its demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze before embarking on any fresh peace talks, saying he hoped the Palestinians would "get a grip" and drop this precondition.

"We've done things that have not been done until today, although while we are taking steps toward negotiations, we have encountered preconditions demanded by the Palestinian side, which were never demanded before," Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting.

The prime minister's comments came after visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Saturday that Israel was making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction.
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But the Palestinians on Saturday rejected Israel's offer to dial down settlement construction in the West Bank, rather than bringing it to a complete halt.

Netanyahu told the cabinet meeting: "Beginning negotiations is important to us, but it is no less important to the Palestinians. We are committed to negotiations, and we hope that the Palestinians will lift the precondition."

The prime minister also told the cabinet that Clinton had decided that U.S. President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, would extend his current visit to the region by a number of days in order to bridge the differences between the sides.

Israel is making a concerted effort to renew the peace talks, Netanyahu said.


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