Report: Netanyahu rejected US request to limit settlement construction
Details from last week's meeting between Netanyahu and the US Middle East envoy, Jason Greenblatt, reveal that there are still several disagreements with Washington on where Israel should and shouldn't build.
Photo credit: Moshe Milner, GPO/Channel 2 NewsDespite Wednesday's announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that "significant progress" has been made in the talks with the US administration about Israeli construction in West Bank settlements, new details reveal that several major conflicts on the issue still exist.
Channel 2 News reported on Wednesday that Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East who visited Israel last week, asked Netanyahu to freeze construction in isolated settlements and restrict it to East Jerusalem and the large settlement blocs only.
In addition, Washington reportedly asked to set a fixed number of houses that can be built each year.
The Israeli security cabinet has rejected these requests, demanding that Israel be able to build in any part of the West Bank.
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