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Friday, November 19, 2010

US offers Israel written guarantees, reaffirms incentives

Haaretz- Netanyahu hopeful his cabinet will approve renewing settlement freeze in exchange for diplomatic and defense enticements from Washington.

...Talks between Israeli and U.S. officials aimed at reviving Middle East peace talks have hit snags over the incentives promised by Washington to persuade Israel to resume a freeze of settlement building.

...But an Israeli official said on Friday the United States had not yet provided the guarantees that Israel wanted, with Washington reluctant to commit to paper all the promises Netanyahu says he was offered verbally last week.

The latest snag concerned a pledge that Israel says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made to provide the country free of charge 20 F-35 stealth warplanes worth $3 billion.

Politicians said Washington was backtracking and now wanted some sort of payment for the coveted fighter aircraft. Read more
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