Aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he would approve hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements before considering a temporary freeze in construction, drawing harsh criticism from Washington, which has called for a total halt.
The U.S. has a set a high public bar for a freeze, saying repeatedly that all settlement activity on lands the Palestinians claim for a future state must stop, without exception in order to restart the long stalled peace negotiations.
"We regret the reports of Israel's plans to approve additional settlement construction," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a bluntly worded …
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