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Netanyahu Seeks to Lower Expectations for "Framework Agreement"
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that the purpose of Kerry's "framework agreement" was to prevent the negotiations from blowing up and allow them to be extended for another year. One minister said he understood from Netanyahu that both Israel and the Palestinians would be able to say they accepted the American proposal as a basis for negotiations while simultaneously stressing that they had some reservations, which they wouldn't be required to detail. On Monday, Netanyahu described the American paper as "principles for conducting the negotiations, not a new proposal for solving the conflict."