Barak: Israel to freeze settlement growth for three months.Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is expected to propose to the Obama administration a three-month freeze on settlement growth in response to growing US pressure Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is expected to propose to the Obama administration a three-month freeze on settlement growth in response to growing US pressure, Israel's Army Radio reported on Sunday. Barak, who will meet US Middle East envoy George Mitchell George Mitchell may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Monday, will offer the freeze on contraction, or what has been referred to as "natural growth" as a compromise to the US, though Barak has declined to confirm or deny the report. "The issue at hand hasn't been fully finalized See finalization. yet," he told reporters before a cabinet meeting. "The issue of the settlements is one of several topics in our dialogue with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Israeli sources, the proposed freeze would not apply to projects already well underway that include some 2,000 buildings - principally public buildings - in the settlement blocs. 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) 2009 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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