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Fri 03 Mar 2010Future of Middle East peace talks in doubt
THE FUTURE of Israeli-Palestinian peace contacts is in doubt only days after US envoy George Mitchell succeeded in getting the approval of both sides to start indirect proximity talks with American mediation.
A day after the first diplomatic breakthrough, following 14 months of deadlock, Israel revealed plans for the construction of 112 new homes in a West Bank settlement, and this was followed, a day later, by the announcement of 1,600 additional housing units in east Jerusalem.
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