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Israeli PM Discusses Settlement Freeze with Cabinet

   VOA News 14 November 2010
   Israeli  Prime  Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, chairs the
   weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem (file photo)

Photo: AP

   Israeli  Prime  Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, chairs the
   weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem (file photo)

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has briefed his Cabinet on a
   package of U.S.-proposed incentives for a new settlement freeze in the
   West Bank.
   The  U.S. proposal asks Israel to reinstate a moratorium on settlement
   building   for   90   days  to  help  restart  peace  talks  with  the
   Palestinians.  In  return,  the  U.S. will provide Israel with a broad
   range of diplomatic and security offers.
   Mr.  Netanyahu  told  his  Cabinet Sunday the details of the incentive
   deal are still being finalized. Â
   The  new  construction freeze would not apply to East Jerusalem, which
   Palestinians hope to have as the capital of their future state.
   Israel and the Palestinians renewed peace talks under U.S. sponsorship
   on September 2, but talks broke down a few weeks later when Israel let
   a moratorium on settlement building expire.
   Mr.  Netanyahu  received  U.S. assurances on Israeli security concerns
   when  he met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week in
   New York.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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