Israel
The east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev (L) and the the Palestinian Shufat refugee camp mosque are seen on October 16, 2010. - AFP Photo

JERUSALEM: Israel has demanded the United States provide written security guarantees before it votes on whether to agree to freeze Jewish settlement building in the West Bank, an Israeli political source said on Tuesday.

The source added that Palestinian opposition to some of the pledges that Washington has verbally offered Israel was delaying progress towards finalising US proposals for resuming the stalled Middle East peace talks.

There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials. – Reuters

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