Egyptian President Mubarak meets visiting Israeli PM Netanyahu

Описание: (13 Sep 2009)
1. Exterior shot of the presidential palace
2. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (right) meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), pan left and zoom in to Netanyahu, pan right to Mubarak, pull out, zoom in to Netanyahu
3. Cutaway of cameraman
STORYLINE:
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Cairo on Sunday for talks on ways to resume peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
On Monday Mitchell will meet with White House Middle East envoy George Mitchell.
Mubarak is a key mediator between Israel and the Arab world.
Earlier on Sunday, Netanyahu said that an ongoing disagreement between Israel and the U.S. over how to resume Middle East peace talks remains unresolved.
Netanyahu delivered his assessment amid a rush of diplomatic activity aimed at bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
Mitchell is trying to arrange a summit between Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the United
Nations next week.
The U.S. envoy has been pushing Israel to halt construction in its West Bank settlements, but Netanyahu has resisted, countering with a proposal to limit settlement construction.
It remains unclear whether the Americans will accept the Israeli position.
The Palestinians say they will not resume peace talks without a complete freeze.
The international community views settlements as obstacles to peace since they are built on territories claimed by
the Palestinians for a future independent state.
Netanyahu was expected to talk to Mubarak about possible gestures the Arab world might offer in exchange for a
settlement freeze.
Netanyahu also was expected to discuss Egypt's attempts to mediate a prisoner swap between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, is demanding hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for an Israeli soldier captured more than three years ago.
Netanyahu and his government last week approved construction of several hundred new apartments in West Bank
settlements and several hundred more in a Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem.
At the same time, his office indicated openness to a limited freeze.
Media reports say Israel might agree to halt construction for nine months, but would insist on completing the 2,500-3,000 housing units already begun.

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