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Netanyahu to tout 10-month settlement freeze, save East Jerusalem
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: West Bank settlements 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering seeking either cabinet or governmental approval for a 10-month freeze in West Bank settlement construction, in a bid to relaunch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

A senior official in Jerusalem said the move would include a commitment to a series of limitations and restrictions on settlement building, but would not halt construction in East Jerusalem.

Israeli officials hope that the official declaration of a settlement freeze would enable the renewal of the negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, which has refused to engage in peace talks until Israel implements such a measure.
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Netanyahu has updated the Obama administration as to his position on the settlement freeze. The United States has demanded the move for a long time over the past year, and it was not immediately clear whether Washington has accepted Netanyahu's stance.

It was also not clear what the U.S. position was on the exclusion from the freeze of East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians wish to make the capital of a future state.
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  1.   what about East Jerusalem ??!! 23:34  |  Joseph 23/11/09
  2.   Settlement freeze that doesn`t include E. Jerusalem 00:52  |  Lee Kaplan 24/11/09
  3.   Settlement freeze 01:16  |  alan 24/11/09
  4.   Netanyahu to inform Cabinet of 01:53  |  Mark Lincoln 24/11/09
  5.   PEACE 02:10  |  JJ 24/11/09
  6.   hang on, he said freeze, right? 02:17  |  VIPER 24/11/09
  7.   waste ! 02:21  |  jay 24/11/09
  8.   Dear Mother "I,m sending you $20, but not this week" 02:44  |  jim the mechanic 24/11/09
  9.   why bother 03:48  |  shoot 24/11/09
  10.   Roman Response=Veto 04:06  |  A Palestinian 24/11/09
  11.   talk- yes, freeze- no. 04:06  |  flower 24/11/09
  12.   Marvelous abuse of the english language 04:29  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  13.   Back Tracking again - Incompetent PM 05:51  |  Alfred 24/11/09
  14.   Getting the US to the Table? 06:17  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/11/09
  15.   Jerusalem the Capitol of Israel 06:59  |  jim 24/11/09
  16.   Obama regards ?settlements? as a critical obstacle to peace?. 07:23  |  B. Gold 24/11/09
  17.   All part of the strategy 07:31  |  harvey 24/11/09
  18.   Freeze idea acceptable... but will it be implemented...?! 07:48  |  Esther 24/11/09
  19.   Washington 08:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/11/09
  20.   #8, Mark 08:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/11/09
  21.   the real question ? where else in the world would a 09:15  |  vhardman 24/11/09
  22.   VIPER 09:40  |  Nati Hans 24/11/09
  23.   Cipora - Obama isn`t Who is Needed 09:53  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/11/09
  24.   Settlement freeze and save East Jerusalem = Total contradiction 10:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/11/09
  25.   A freeze isn`t a freeze with Bibi. Read the small print carefully 10:19  |  Michael 24/11/09
  26.   vhardman 10:20  |  Salvador 24/11/09
  27.   Not smart, jay 10:26  |  SDHD 24/11/09
  28.   Viper, want to learn a basic lesson in logic? 10:28  |  SDHD 24/11/09
  29.   Lewiston`s "good faith." 10:30  |  SDHD 24/11/09
  30.   Salvador`s "occupiers" 10:32  |  SDHD 24/11/09
  31.   #12, Mark 10:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/11/09
  32.   #19 Thanks for the chuckle, Mr Kettle err, SDHD 11:20  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  33.   SDHD 11:21  |  Salvador 24/11/09
  34.   #20 Well, that says it all, doesn`t it.... 11:26  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  35.   #21 Compare and contrast, SDHD. 11:34  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  36.   What is it with East Jerusalem? 11:35  |  r cummings 24/11/09
  37.   #18 SDHD says.... 11:36  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  38.   #13 You defy belief, victor 11:42  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  39.   SDHD 20. Stop the dangerous rubbish about the Gaza withdrawal 12:01  |  Michael 24/11/09
  40.   Cipora#11 "abbas and olmert had negotiated for years without u.s. 12:26  |  Esther 24/11/09
  41.   No Jerusalem, No peace! 12:42  |  D.A 24/11/09
  42.   @ SDHD 12:52  |  D.A 24/11/09
  43.   SDHD ?? A partial crime is better than none? 13:06  |  CJ 24/11/09
  44.   #27 johnboy and how to tangent reality 13:38  |  vhardman 24/11/09
  45.   #36 the complete jerk is going to inform us on law 14:03  |  vhardman 24/11/09
  46.   #43 Victor jerks around. 14:43  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  47.   Save East Jerusalem? 14:49  |  Jim 24/11/09
  48.   #42 victor stuns me again.... 14:51  |  Johnboy 24/11/09
  49.   #23 Swiss (Dino) 15:08  |  Jim 24/11/09
  50.   #18 CJ Kohn 15:14  |  BDS 24/11/09
  51.   Israels mindset 15:32  |  Natallie Durson 24/11/09
  52.   FREEZE CONSTRUCTION IN GUSH DAN 15:37  |  Steve of Mevaserret 24/11/09
  53.   Michael #39 Rubbish 16:10  |  arik 24/11/09
  54.   CJ ilegal 16:17  |  arik 24/11/09
  55.   Bibi`s at it Again 16:49  |  Stephen 24/11/09
  56.   53 Arik. Glad to see you agree with me. 16:59  |  Michael 24/11/09
  57.   The only way that Bibi can truly `save` East Jerusalem... 19:16  |  Esther 24/11/09
  58.   Foolish to "freeze" before negotiations 19:42  |  Voice of Reason 24/11/09
  59.   And The Nat attacks is Back - With New Spins Like You`ve Never... 20:06  |  Eli 24/11/09
  60.   # 49 Thank you, Jim, that was very kind...:) 20:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/11/09
  61.   A settlement freeze without East Jerusalem isn`t a freeze at all 21:10  |  peacelover 24/11/09
  62.   to Steve of Mevaserret #52 21:12  |  zeev 24/11/09
  63.   Jerusalem 21:27  |  Paul 24/11/09
  64.   #11settelment must go to make peace 22:14  |  anne 24/11/09
  65.   CJK/SDHD - Convincing 22:17  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/11/09
  66.   EJ is off limits. Go Bibi, make Israel proud! 23:11  |  4:20 24/11/09
  67.   Dear Esther 23:35  |  anne 24/11/09
  68.   Bibi has no mandate for any settlement freeze whatsoever. 01:32  |  Chaim 25/11/09
  69.   vhardman - The Mandate a `treaty`? 02:26  |  CJ 25/11/09
  70.   Voice of Reason - It`s foolish to break the law at any time 02:32  |  CJ 25/11/09
  71.   settlement freeze 02:44  |  David Waas 25/11/09
  72.   All this "anti-Bibi " rhetoric 03:47  |  Robert S Yufe 25/11/09
  73.   What is wrong with a freeze (but) ? 04:22  |  Jasper 25/11/09
  74.   Jews can live wherever they want 08:48  |  Arik 25/11/09
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