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| Brown holds talks with Netanyahu | Brown holds talks with Netanyahu |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks later with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the future of the Middle East peace process. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks later with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the future of the Middle East peace process. |
| During a Downing Street meeting, Mr Brown is likely to push for a halt to the expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory. | During a Downing Street meeting, Mr Brown is likely to push for a halt to the expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory. |
| These have continued to grow despite a moratorium agreed six years ago. | These have continued to grow despite a moratorium agreed six years ago. |
| Mr Netanyahu is also due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell. | Mr Netanyahu is also due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell. |
| The Israeli leader is taking part in a four-day tour of Europe, having arrived in the UK on Monday. | The Israeli leader is taking part in a four-day tour of Europe, having arrived in the UK on Monday. |
| Mr Brown has repeatedly called for a freeze on settlements, warning that the issue is an obstacle to peace in the Middle East. | Mr Brown has repeatedly called for a freeze on settlements, warning that the issue is an obstacle to peace in the Middle East. |
| The moratorium was one of the key elements of the 2003 "road map" agreement, aimed at securing peace. | The moratorium was one of the key elements of the 2003 "road map" agreement, aimed at securing peace. |
| Iran discussion | |
| The Israeli PM will meet US President Barack Obama's envoy George Mitchell during his stay in London. | |
| President Obama is working on a Middle East peace plan which is due to be unveiled this autumn. | |
| Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the BBC he wanted those meeting Mr Netanyahu this week to leave him in no doubt that Israel has to stop building homes on occupied Palestinian land. | |
| "Unless we do this decisively and convincingly, how are we to expect people on both sides of this divide to buy into this process?" he said. | |
| The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen said reports in Israel suggest some sort of settlement freeze may be close, perhaps in return for concessions from Arab states. | |
| "But before he left Israel, Mr Netanyahu said he would not allow anything to compromise Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, part of which is also claimed by the Palestinians as a capital," he said. | |
| He added the Israeli PM would be pressing Downing Street for the toughest measures necessary to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons. | |
| Mr Netanyahu indicated on Sunday stalled peace talks between his government and the Palestinians could resume in September. |