(And my sincere apologies for posting something that doesn't have to do with the tax cuts and the President's "capitualation" on them.)
Netanyahu moves on U.S. incentives for construction freeze in West BankBy Joel Greenberg
Monday, November 15, 2010
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday presented his cabinet with a package of diplomatic and security incentives offered by the Obama administration to extend a building freeze in West Bank settlements for 90 days and resume stalled peace negotiations.
The incentives were hashed out in more than seven hours of talks between Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York on Thursday. Netanyahu told the cabinet that details of the proposal were being finalized by Israeli and U.S. teams, and that he would submit the completed plan toa smaller group of ministers known as the security cabinet, which is expected to approve it.
"I insist that any proposal meet Israel's security needs, both in the immediate term and regarding the threats we face in the coming decade," Netanyahu said in public remarks at the start of the cabinet meeting.
Palestinian officials said they were awaiting official word from the United States about the proposal but expressed concern that the extended freeze would not include East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians seek as the future capital of a state.
President Obama called Netanyahu's actions "promising."
"I commend Prime Minister Netanyahu for taking, I think, a very constructive step," Obama said aboard Air Force One, during the flight home from his 10-day trip to Asia. "It's not easy for him to do, but I think it's a signal that he is serious."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/14/AR2010111403857.html 
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