Netanyahu, Mitchell fail to agree on settlement freeze - Summary
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Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy George Mitchell are expected to continue talks early Wednesday after failing Tuesday to finish an agreement on a temporary halt to Israeli construction of West Bank settlements. The negotiations are ongoing with only a week left until a hoped- for meeting of Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with US President Barack Obama, who is seeking to relaunch the long- stalled Mideast peace talks. "We are working hard to narrow the gaps between us," Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev told the German Press Agency
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