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US seeks deal on new Israeli settlements
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November 16, 2010, Tuesday
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ISRAEL would be allowed to finish hundreds of homes already under construction in West Bank settlements even if it agrees to a United States-drafted deal to renew a freeze on new construction, a diplomat familiar with the details said yesterday.
The US wants Israel to renew a slowdown that expired in September in order to get stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks moving again. In exchange, it is offering Israel military hardware and veto protection against UN resolutions critical of its policies.
The original moratorium did not apply to some 3,000 apartments that were already being built. The diplomat said that the new three-month slowdown, if approved, would also not apply to them.
However, construction would have to halt on hundreds more homes begun after the September 26 expiration of the first slowdown deal.
The Palestinians have not said if they would accept the deal, whose details they have not yet discussed with the Americans. "Once we see it we will meet and have a response," said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
The Palestinians are already unhappy that the proposal does not include construction in east Jerusalem.
The US wants Israel to renew a slowdown that expired in September in order to get stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks moving again. In exchange, it is offering Israel military hardware and veto protection against UN resolutions critical of its policies.
The original moratorium did not apply to some 3,000 apartments that were already being built. The diplomat said that the new three-month slowdown, if approved, would also not apply to them.
However, construction would have to halt on hundreds more homes begun after the September 26 expiration of the first slowdown deal.
The Palestinians have not said if they would accept the deal, whose details they have not yet discussed with the Americans. "Once we see it we will meet and have a response," said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
The Palestinians are already unhappy that the proposal does not include construction in east Jerusalem.
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