Just after US President Barack Obama's landmark address in Cairo, and just before US Mideast envoy George Mitchell returns to the region on Tuesday, the dispute between Washington and Jerusalem over settlement construction ratcheted up a notch. Israeli officials rejected on Saturday a statement by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismissing Israeli assertions that the Bush administration had agreed to allow some construction in the settlements to allow for natural growth.
[I seem to recall it Obama insisting that all side 'abide by prior commitments'? Self exempted, evidently.
Reminder: 'natural growth' means not one additional foot of land but home additions as children are born.]
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Israel rejects Clinton claim of no agreement on settlements
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