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<blockquote><p>Date 06/11/2010, 16:44 (Jerusalem)</p>
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<div id="BODYdiv">TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Israeli  opposition leader Tzipi Livni said Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin  Netanyahu&#8217;s refusal to extend restrictions on illegal settlement building was  damaging Israeli interests, Israeli media reported.</p>
<p>Livni asked, &#8220;Why not  comply with the demand to extend the freeze by two months? So certain people can  hold on to their seats in the coalition, who would have stayed there anyway?  Does that compare to our strategic relationship with the US?&#8221; the Israeli daily  newspaper Haaretz quoted.</p>
<p>Reports that American mediators offered Israel  various incentives to impose restrictions on settlement expansion were not  confirmed by US President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration, but Israeli media cited  informed sources saying a Palestinian request to the UN for statehood would be  vetoed, weapons trade would increase and economic ties would be strengthened.</p>
<p>Livni was further quoted saying Netanyahu&#8217;s right wing government had  weakened Israel, and that &#8220;We can&#8217;t rally the world by constantly saying no. We  need to say &#8216;Yes&#8217; from time to time too.&#8221;</p>
<p>Negotiations between Israel  and the PLO reached a deadlock within weeks when a 10-month partial moratorium  on settlement construction expired in late September. Despite pressure from  across the international community &#8211; including the US, UN and EU &#8211; Netanyahu  refused to extend the freeze, and full-scale settlement building resumed across  the West Bank.</p>
<p>Netanyahu insisted that the extension of restrictions was  politically impossible, and would lead to the collapse of his coalition.</p></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=331091">Livni: Netanyahu is damaging Israel&#8217;s interests</a></p>
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