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U.S. asks Israel for one-year settlement freeze
HaAretz ^ | 8/5/09 | Barak Ravid

Posted on 08/05/2009 9:42:25 PM PDT by Nachum

American Middle East envoy George Mitchell has asked Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak for a "deposit," an advance commitment of a one-year freeze on construction in West Bank settlements.

Mitchell raised the idea in his talks with Netanyahu and Barak in Israel last week. He argued that the Arab states will not make gestures toward normalization with Israel without a guarantee of an end to building in the settlements. Mitchell said an Israeli agreement to temporarily freeze construction would facilitate concessions from the Arab states.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asks; freeze; israel; us
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To: joejm65

The other side has agreed to concessions many times, it’s just they do not abide by their agreements.
Yo BiBi, tell obammy to go to hell.


21 posted on 08/06/2009 3:42:41 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (google; operation garden spot and REX84)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
I guess the White House and State Department quit takin' the paper.
22 posted on 08/06/2009 1:45:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Nachum
I have a much more productive suggestion - order Mitchell's mouth to have a one year freeze.

Oboy is racing to implement his Final Solution for the Jews - it's the only program he's got that has some degree of transparency.

Why, it's so transparent the driveby media can't seem to find it.

23 posted on 08/06/2009 1:50:43 PM PDT by 4woodenboats (Obama Voodoo economics - Thuggery, sleight of hand, temper tantrums & spitting on OUR dreams.)
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