{"id":11475,"date":"2009-10-21T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T16:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11475"},"modified":"2009-10-21T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T16:14:55","slug":"israel-us-settlements-deal-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11475","title":{"rendered":"Israel-US settlements deal ‘close’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Jazeera English<\/em>
\n21 October 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem violate international law<\/p><\/div>Israel is close to reaching a deal with the United States that will accommodate the so-called “natural growth” of settlements in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli ambassador to Washington has told Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Michael Oren said on Tuesday that the US had agreed with Israel to a temporary halt to settlement building activity in the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem, rather than a total freeze.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Asked if the Obama administration had given its assent to finish work on settlements already under construction before the “pause”, Oren said: “That was the understanding.”<\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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