Israel will not extend settlement freeze.

[EagleKeeper]

Cheap and sleazy obfuscations, complete with appeasement references. Nice.

When and if the day ever comes that Israel actually wants to negotiate, they'll declare a permanent settlement freeze. Failure to do so is a clear indicator of intent to have more settlements. There can be no other reason. They talk only to appease the US and the ROTW, to represent their position as something it's not.

They're not done yet. Israeli settlement on occupied territory will be ongoing until they suffer extremely negative consequences for doing so, and they'll be talking intermittently the whole time.

That's just the way it is.

Israel froze the settlements for 10 months as an inducement for the Pals to come to the table. Where were the Pals for the first 8 months?

They would not show until they were bribed. Then they wanted to restart/break the clock.