Revert green light for new West Bank settlement, Kerry tells Netanyahu [View all]

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/israel-revert-green-light-west-bank-settlement-kerry-netanyahu
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John Kerry has called the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, amid a US effort to persuade Israel to reverse the go-ahead for the largest appropriation of land on the occupied West Bank since the 1980s.

The secretary of state's call followed the disclosure that the US had officially requested Israel to reverse the decision, amid mounting criticism of the move both internationally and within Netanyahu's own cabinet.

Kerry is preparing to meet Palestinian negotiators seeking a firm deadline for Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territories to the pre-1967 borders. Failing that, Palestinian officials have warned they will seek a UN resolution setting a three-year deadline for the end of the occupation.

The talks will be Kerry's first face-to-face discussions with Palestinian negotiators since Washington found itself sidelined from ceasefire talks in July when Kerry – the top US diplomat – failed to broker a truce in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

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War criminal and land thief Bibi - "Or what?"