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Israeli premier weighing new settlement curbs (AP)

October 6th, 2010

A Palestinian man carries broken branches of an olive tree which farmers say was cut overnight by Jewish settlers, in the northern West Bank village of Hawara, near Nablus, Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010. Palestinian farmers say Jewish settlers from the nearby settlement of Yitzhar cut more than 50 olive trees overnight. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)AP - Israel’s prime minister has been sounding out key Cabinet members on extending a freeze on new construction in West Bank settlements in hopes of keeping peace talks with the Palestinians alive, but he is encountering stiff resistance, Israeli officials said Wednesday.


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