Concerned to avoid the U.N. community codifying the international consensus on the terms of a two-state solution -- which Israel's government doesn't accept -- the Obama Administration has launched a frantic effort to head off the Palestinian U.N. bid by restarting negotiations which have failed because the gulf between the sides is too large. And Netanyahu seems to be moving to do his bit by signaling what he hopes will be viewed as a new flexibility.
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