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„IN
he Obama administration says
it is seeking ways to advance the
Israeli-Palestinian talks in light
of the end of Israel's partial moratorium
on settlement building.
"We recognize that given the deci-
sion yesterday, we've still got a dilemma
that we have to resolve and there are
no direct negotiations scheduled at this
point, but we will be in touch with the
parties to see how we move ahead:' P.J.
Crowley, the State Department spokes-
man, said Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu refused to extend the morato-
rium beyond its Sept. 26 expiration date,
despite pleas from the Obama adminis-
tration and demands from Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas backed down from earlier
threats to leave direct talks if the mora-
torium was not extended, but said at a
joint news conference Monday in Paris
with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
that he will seek advice from the Arab
League next week before making a deci-
sion. The Arab League's 22 member
countries gave Abbas the green light to
relaunch negotiations in late July.
"We are not rushing to respond and
we will study the consequences and their
effect on the negotiations:' the P.A. leader
said. "After meetings and consultations
we will formulate a stance and provide
the Palestinian response to the cessation
of the freeze'
Crowley suggested that the United
States would urge Arab nations to
encourage Abbas to stay in the talks.
"We will have further conversations
with key countries in the coming days,
and we hope that the Arab League meet-
ing will continue to affirm its support for
the process:" he said.
Crowley joined the U.N. and Britain in
expressing "disappointment" Netanyahu
had not extended the partial freeze on
building in parts of the West Bank.
At the news conference, Sarkozy said
that "Israel must stop building in the
settlements." The French leader said
he would invite Abbas, Netanyahu and
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to
hold peace talks in Paris next month.
Abbas met Sunday in Paris with
Jewish writers and intellectuals.
Meanwhile, building began in West
Bank communities just hours after the
expiration of a 10-month settlement
construction freeze.
Work on 50 apartments for Gush Katif
residents removed five years ago began
Monday morning in Ariel. Construction
also continued Monday in Revava, Yakir
and Kochav Hashachar, Haaretz report-
ed, on homes for which permits had
been issued before the freeze began.
Construction was expected to begin
in several other West Bank communi-
ties, including Shavei Shomron, Adam,
Oranit, Sha'arei Tikva, Kedumim and
Karmei Tzur.
In all, there are plans for the immedi-
ate construction of about 2,000 housing
units throughout the West Bank, includ-
ing 600 with current permits.
A rally that induded a countdown
to the end of the freeze sponsored by
World Likud began Sunday afternoon
in the northern West Bank settlement of
Revava. The event induded the laying of
the cornerstone for a new neighborhood
in the settlement, as well as the founda-
tion for a new preschool.
Shortly after the freeze expired at
midnight Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement,
"I call on President Abbas to continue
the good and sincere talks that we have
just started in order to reach an his-
toric peace agreement between our two
peoples:'
In the hours before the expiration
of the freeze, Netanyahu spoke with
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton and other senior U.S. adminis-
tration officials, as well as with Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's
King Abdullah, according to the Prime
Minister's Office.
Abbas did not immediately renounce
his participation in the recently revived
direct peace talks with Israel, as he has
threatened, instead requesting a meeting
of the Arab League to receive its decision
on whether or not to continue talks. In
late July, the Arab League voted to allow
the Palestinians to enter into peace nego-
tiations.
Arab officials and Abbas have claimed
in recent weeks that the Palestinians
will not remain in the peace talks if con-
struction resumes in the West Bank.
Construction is expected to take place
slowly this week due to the Suk kot holi-
day. 7_