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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					17/11/2010 &#8211; 10:29 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)&#8211; Israel has  delayed its agreement to the U.S. proposed three-month settlement  freeze in the West Bank due to vagueness in the offer.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Hebrew state is demanding that its ally offer written guarantees before the issue is discussed and voted on.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Understandings were reportedly reached  earlier between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S.  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while meeting in New York.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Americans were unclear in their  proposal, offering that agreements achieved within the three-month  settlement freeze would render another moratorium unnecessary.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">An Israeli official said the state is  demanding that Americans veto any moves by Palestinians to bypass peace  talks by dealing directly with the UN, and that it commits not  to request another settlement freeze after the three-month period.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">America also pledged to increase the  volume of aid to Israel and grant Tel Aviv 20 advanced stealth warplanes  as part of its incentives package.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Officials suggested that Netanyahu intends  to stipulate that the U.S. would agree to waive the Palestinian  refugees&#8217; right of return.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Israeli officials said if Shas ministers  abstain from voting, Israel would be expected to approve the  construction freeze with a majority of seven to six opposing votes.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s78AL0LMLEIAHiiTDQ%2b7%2f9of4dBS0YW9OfM4wxwO84x%2bAq%2bwyfDWXTviQoL0E0IVuU8cZwDIeK4odAiMS7nkRYR6t5%2fDcMZiujZESxcG4cVJE%3d">Israel rejects U.S. settlement freeze proposal without written guarantees</a>.</p>
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