Benjamin Netanyahu rejects demands to continue settlement freeze
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, threw hopes for a smooth resumption of Middle East peace talks into turmoil by rejecting demands to continue a freeze on settlement building in the West Bank.
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Lieberman: Settlement building should restart in September
No reason why construction should not resume in major West Bank settlements when 10-month freeze ends on September 26, foreign minister says.
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Hamas: Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks illegitimate, coerced by U.S.
Hamas politburo chief urges Egypt's Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah not to take part in Washington-backed peace negotiations.
