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Obama: Netanyahu Willingness to Freeze Settlements for Three Months Is Promising
(Ha'aretz) U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for trying to win approval from his coalition government for a U.S. proposal to extend a freeze on West Bank settlement construction. "I commend Prime Minister Netanyahu for taking, I think, a very constructive step," Obama said. "It's not easy for him to do but I think it's a signal that he is serious." An Israeli political source said the 15-minister security cabinet vote was expected later this week and that 7 ministers - Netanyahu among them - were likely to back the U.S. proposal, against 6 who would vote against and 2 who would abstain.