Although the negotiations are secret, both the National Security Council and Israel's ambassador have been busy briefing congressmen, to prepare the ground should there be a settlement.

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Both sides, he says, are battling for ground to figure out how to negotiate a settlement.

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He is said to have sent Tia Neiva the blueprint for the whole settlement which she then drew with a stick on the ground.

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