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Netanyahu hopes to resume Palestinian talks
[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 2009-08-27 |
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