[AP] Josef Federman - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday told his cabinet that Israel would not build any new settlements in the West Bank, but stopped short of American demands to freeze construction in existing communities. Olmert also promised to remove unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank. "We committed ourselves in the road map not to build new settlements and we will not build any," Olmert was quoted as saying by his spokeswoman, Miri Eisin.
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