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Israel Awaiting Written U.S. Settlement Freeze Terms
(AFP) Israel is awaiting written details of a U.S. package of incentives being offered in exchange for a new ban on Jewish construction in the West Bank, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. "There are understandings between the U.S. secretary of state (Hillary Clinton) and the prime minister (Benjamin Netanyahu), but it takes time for them to be put in writing, and we have to wait," Nir Hefetz, a senior communications advisor to Netanyahu, told Israeli military radio.