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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=188121
PA Knows It Must Keep Talking Even If Building Freeze Ends
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Despite the Palestinian Authority's tough talk on the issue of settlement construction, Palestinian sources in Ramallah believe PA leaders will soon have to climb down from their high tree. Some say it was President Obama's public demand that Israel halt all settlement construction that prompted the PA leadership to place the issue at center stage. Obama has since endorsed a more lenient approach on the issue. According to informed sources in Ramallah, the PA leadership has no choice but to accept a partial freeze - one where Israel would continue to build quietly while the PA turns a blind eye.