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Palestinians reject any Israel-US settlement deal
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Palestinians reject any deal between Israel and the United States that would allow even limited Jewish settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, a top Palestinian negotiator said on Sunday. "There are no middle-ground solutions for the settlement issue: either settlement activity stops or it doesn't stop," Saeb Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed that message in a letter on Saturday to U.S. President Barack Obama.

Erekat was responding to reports that Israel and the United States were discussing a compromise that would allow some building in existing settlements under what Israel terms "natural growth" to accommodate expanding families.

A U.S. official denied on Wednesday a report in the Israeli daily Maariv that said Washington had agreed to the continued construction of 700 buildings, containing 2,500 housing units, in West Bank settlements despite its call for a total freeze to spur peace efforts.
Posted by: Fred 2009-07-13
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