Israel and the Palestinians agreed to delay a decision regarding Jerusalem’s Temple Mount for five years, according to the Israeli daily Ma’ariv. The paper, which published purported details of the recently concluded talks in Taba, Egypt, said negotiators also had agreed to allow an Israeli military presence in the Jordan Valley for six years and to build a Palestinian city in the Negev.
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