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Arab States Weekly Review 11th – 17th September 2010

Direct peace talks, chaired by the United States, between Israel en Palestine are ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh and Jerusalem. The US and Palestine want Israel to extend a freeze on settlement-building that is due to expire at the end of September.

The Obama administration has announced that it plans to sell US$ 90 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia in the coming decade. The package would be the USA’s largest-ever weapons sale, and includes dozens of fighter jets which could be used in any future confrontation with nuclear-armed Iran.