TRIESTE, Italy (AP) — The Quartet of Mideast negotiators, taking advantage of a "historic" opportunity for Mideast peace with the new Obama administration, urged Israel on Friday to freeze all settlement activity and to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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