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Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=229971&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0

U.S. Agrees to Put "Road Map" on Hold Until After Elections

(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - The U.S. has agreed to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's request to freeze its "road map" for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict until after the elections and the formation of a new government in Israel, informed sources in Jerusalem said Tuesday. An understanding on the issue was reached Monday in Washington during a meeting between head of the Prime Minister's Bureau, Dov Weisglass, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. An updated version of the road map presented by American envoy David Satterfield in Jerusalem is far more detailed than the original draft. The Americans decided to tighten up security demands on the Palestinians and calls for Israel to freeze settlement activity, rejecting Israel's position that a freeze on building should not include building to meet "natural growth."

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