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CARACAS, Venezuela — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed an Israeli plan to halt new construction of West Bank settlements as insufficient, saying Friday that it won’t be enough to restart peace talks.
The Palestinian president said during his first visit to Venezuela that “we can’t accept the current Israeli government’s concept for the negotiations.”
Abbas said Wednesday’s announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank Jewish settlements “didn’t bring anything new” because construction would continue in east Jerusalem and in the West Bank regardless of a freeze on new settlement building.
