Erekat: Israeli settlement freeze unsatisfactory step
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements do not constitute a progress which will enable the Palestinians to resume negotiations. Erekat claimed the move was unsatisfactory.
Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said that the resumption of negotiations requires total cessation of settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem. "We will not accept any arrangement in which Jerusalem is not part of the proposal," Abu Rudeina said. (Ali Waked)
