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September 15, 2009

Netanyahu Rejects US Call to Freeze Settlement Construction
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US Middle East envoy George Mitchell held a two-hour meeting today with
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but they failed to reach a
compromise on the contentious issue of West Bank settlement
construction. Ahead of the talks, Netanyahu rejected US calls to freeze
all settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.



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