Ha'aretz (Israel) : "U.S. says it's nearing deal with Israel on settlements" par Barak Ravid

    
U.S. says it's nearing deal with Israel on settlements  

By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent (London), and Agencies  


Israel and the United States are closing the gaps over the contentious issue of West Bank settlement construction, senior American officials who are intimately involved in the matter told Haaretz on Tuesday.

The Obama administration has demanded that Israel halt all construction in settlements in the West Bank, the swath of land that the Palestinians claim for a future state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has resisted U.S. and international calls for a total freeze on construction, arguing that the Bush administration had acquiesced to continued Israeli settlement activity in large blocs that are likely to be annexed by Israel in any future agreement with the Palestinians.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1110023.html



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