Israel Rejects Call to Halt Settlement
From Times Wire Reports
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will forge ahead with plans to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the crux of a dispute clouding prospects for talks with the Palestinians and Syria. Netanyahu spoke hours after the Palestinian Authority sent Israel a letter urging the Jewish state to halt all settlement or risk “confrontation and disaster.” Soon after taking office in June, Netanyahu rescinded a freeze on construction.
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