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7th December 2010, 04:59 PM
The White House has abandoned its attempts to pressure Israel to halt Jewish settlement construction as a means to kickstart peace talks after three weeks of failed negotiations.
The collapse of the talks is a frustrating blow to the Obama administration which offered billions of dollars in financial and diplomatic inducements to persuade the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to agree a three-month construction moratorium during which the Americans intended that the Israelis and Palestinians would reach an outline agreement on borders and put the settlement issue to rest.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/us-middle-east-peace-talks
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The collapse of the talks is a frustrating blow to the Obama administration which offered billions of dollars in financial and diplomatic inducements to persuade the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to agree a three-month construction moratorium during which the Americans intended that the Israelis and Palestinians would reach an outline agreement on borders and put the settlement issue to rest.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/us-middle-east-peace-talks
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