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VOLUME 16: 1996-1997
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64. Cabinet communique on settlements in Judea and Samaria, 19 December 1996.
In view of questions raised by the United States on the National Priorities decision adopted by the cabinet a week earlier, the cabinet sought to clarify its position on settlements. It did admit that there were differences of opinions with the Clinton Administration on this issue. Text:
At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Thursday), 19.12.96:
The Prime Minister said that the Government of Israel is working very closely with the U.S. administration in order to advance the cause of peace, and this is in spite of the fact that we and the U.S. administration have different approaches on the issue of settlements. Israeli policy on the issue of settlements is in complete accord with what the Prime Minister stated to President Clinton at the beginning of the formers term. The principle of the policy is to continue construction within the framework of the borders of existing settlements; private lands will not be expropriated for the construction of homes; decisions on new settlements will be made only by the full cabinet; and the policy does not contradict the Oslo Accords, as was also stated by the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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