Pledge includes Israeli commitment to stop discussion of new settlements for four months and to stop authorization new outposts for six months
Israel committed to stop authorization of any settler outposts in the occupied West Bank for six months during a meeting on Sunday with Palestinian officials in Jordan when the sides pledged to de-escalate surging violence.
The meeting was held as anxiety mounts of escalation in the run-up to the holy Muslim month of Ramadan that begins in late March. Israel and the Palestinian Authority “confirmed their joint readiness and commitment to immediately work to end unilateral measures for a period of 3-6 months,” the statement said.
“They agreed to continue meeting under this formula, maintain positive momentum and expand this agreement towards wider political process leading to a just and lasting peace.”
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