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Israeli Official Meets With U.S. Envoy in London
LONDON (Reuters) — The Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, and President Obama’s Middle East envoy, George J. Mitchell, met here on Monday to discuss forging Middle East peace. Their meeting, after a similar one in New York last Tuesday, was aimed partly at trying to resolve differences on the issue of construction in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. “I think there is progress,” Mr. Barak said afterward. “There’s still a way to go.” In Washington, the State Department released a statement from Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Barak saying they had “constructive discussions” that would continue “in the near future.”Mr. Obama has pressed Israel to halt settlement activity, but Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has refused to declare a settlement freeze, saying some building should continue to match population growth.
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Israeli Official Meets With U.S. Envoy in London
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