"... "The minute we shall start to negotiate there won't be new settlements, there won't be confiscation of land," Peres said during a joint news conference in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, adding that the settlements issue was being blown out of proportion."Unfortunately, it's a marginal issue; it is some building of houses that became a central issue for the wrong reasons. ..."
Mubarak, for his part, said Israeli construction work on land captured in the 1967 Six Day War should stop, and that Israel should take "courageous decisions" to push forward peace. "We want an end to settlement in occupied lands including East Jerusalem and to resume the negotiations about all the issues on the final status, from where they stopped," he said.....
Following the meeting at the presidential palace, Mubarak was scheduled to host Peres for lunch together with Egyptian political and military leaders. Peres is expected to return to Israel Sunday evening..."
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