Reuters - Netanyahu signals no extension of settlement freeze
Reuters reports: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled on Thursday he would not extend beyond September a 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank [...] The future of settlements, he said, would be addressed in the so-called final status talks with the Palestinians."

NYTimes.com - Israel Vows to ‘Take Risks’ in Talks With Palestinians
The New York Times reports: "Declaring that he intended to 'confound the critics and the skeptics,' an upbeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told an audience of foreign policy experts in New York on Thursday that he was ready to begin direct peace talks with the Palestinians 'next week' or even sooner. 'Just get on with it,' he said."