Friday, October 1, 2010

Obama offering Israel incentives to extend freeze on settlement construction, say reports




US president said to have listed a range of inducements in letter sent to Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu

The Guardian

"Barack Obama has offered a range of inducements to Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in return for a two-month extension to the partial freeze on settlement construction, it was reported today.
Obama wrote a letter to Netanyahu in an attempt to break the deadlock in talks which has occurred since the expiry of the freeze at the weekend. In it he sets out a list of commitments and guarantees the US was willing to offer in exchange....."

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