Abbas to Wait Before Reacting on Settlement Building
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will confer with Arab leaders next week before reacting to Israel’s resumption of building at Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
“We would have liked to see a moratorium that lasts another three or four months, but we won’t have a rapid reaction,” Abbas told reporters in Paris after meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “We will study all the consequences with the Palestinian leadership and Arab leadership.”