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(IsraelNN.com) Cabinet Minister Yossi Peled (Likud) had a meeting on Wednesday with Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Senator John Kerry's aide in Washington, D.C. The two discussed the pressure being placed by the Obama administration on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Peled said that Israel should not be pressed on the issues of settlements and security-driven restrictions placed on Arab movment in Judea and Samaria.

He added that the United States needs to understand that the prime minister has coalition considerations that he cannot ignore. "Netanyahu made a huge step in his Bar Ilan speech. At this stage, the Palestinians have to make their own step," said Peled.