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Netanyahu to Blair: Likud Government will allow natural growth of settlements
26/01
A Likud-led government would not build new settlements in the West Bank but would allow for natural growth, Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told Quartet envoy Tony Blair Sunday.
Source: Haaretz
"I have no intention of building new settlements in the West Bank," Netanyahu told Blair in a meeting Sunday. "But like all the governments there have been until now, I will have to meet the needs of natural growth in the population. I will not be able to choke the settlements."
Netanyahu also said he plans to work to advance negotiations with the Palestinians quickly and to focus on economic development. Advertisement "Every moment of stagnation isn't good, and I plan to deal with the Palestinian issue very intensively," he said.
