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Little has been achieved since last month's conference in Annapolis |
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said that the issue of Israeli settlement building remains at the top of his agenda in all negotiation meetings with Israelis.
Talks have been restarted on final status issues after the Annapolis conference in the US last month but very little has been achieved.
Imposing the status quo does not leave much for the Palestinians who aspire to have East Jerusalem as their future capital.
On Sunday, the Israeli government drafted a proposal to allocate $25 million next year to expand Jewish settlements.
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