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Regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia on Wednesday rebuffed US calls for diplomatic overtures toward Israel and said the Jewish state's settlement expansion is jeopardizing efforts to revive peace talks. It is Israel that has to move seriously towards the peace process, Saudi foreign ministry spokesman Osama Nugali said. As we all know, Israel is continuing to take unilateral measures by changing the geographic and demographic facts on the ground, by building settlements and expanding the existing ones, he told. Nugali said Israeli settlement expansion on occupied Arab land continues to impede any progress toward a lasting two-state solution between the Palestinians and Israelis. We have been seeing a schizophrenic Israeli policy. On one hand you talk about peace and their interest to achieve peace, he said. On the other hand they take actions against the peace process that complicate it and put it in jeopardy.
