Israel offered deal to freeze West Bank building
The sources said the deal stipulated that Israel would stop settlement construction for 90 days in the West Bank, but the moratorium would not apply to east Jerusalem.
The US would not ask Israel to extend the new moratorium when it expired, the sources said.
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Hide AdThe US-brokered talks between Israel and the Palestinians resumed in September after a nearly two-year hiatus, but quickly stalled over the issue of settlement expansion.
The Palestinians say they will not resume peace talks until Israel stops building in the West Bank and east Jerusalem – territory
they claim as parts of their future state.
Israel insists the issue of settlements will become null and void once final borders are agreed.