(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday to propose confidence-building measures to get Middle East peace talks back on track, U.S. and Israeli officials said. Netanyahu's proposals were sufficient for the Obama administration to send special envoy George J. Mitchell back to the region in a bid to start indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians. The Obama administration in recent days has significantly toned down its public rhetoric on the dispute.
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