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TOPIC: Clinton Awaits Netanyahu Call, Downplays Talk of Crisis in Relationship (VOA News 3/16/10)

Jen the Michigander

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Date: Mar 17, 2010

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http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Clinton-Awaits-Netanyahu-Call-Downplays-Talk-of-Crisis-in-Relationship-87887352.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she does not see a major crisis in U.S.-Israeli relations despite a conflict over Israeli housing policy in East Jerusalem. U.S. officials say they expect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call Clinton to discuss the issue before she leaves on a trip to Russia late Wednesday. Clinton says the United States was dismayed and disappointed by Israel's announcement on East Jerusalem. But she is rejecting the notion the dispute has spawned the worst crisis in U.S.-Israel relations in decades. Israel stunned the Obama administration last week when it announced, as Vice President Joe Biden began a visit there, that it is building 1,600 new Jewish housing units in mainly-Arab East Jerusalem. The move threatened to scuttle indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks brokered by U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, and prompted an angry telephone call by Clinton last Friday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Pending the Israeli response, State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley says U.S. envoy Mitchell postponed a trip to the region he was to have begun Sunday aimed at starting the proximity peace talks. "We did not feel it was fruitful for George to depart Washington on Sunday, before hearing from the Israelis on how the Prime Minister is responding to the Secretary's conversation," said P.J. Crowley. Crowley said Mitchell will not visit the region until after attending, with Secretary Clinton, a meeting of the international quartet on the Middle East due to begin Thursday in Moscow. The quartet, consisting of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations, has condemned Israel's housing decision, and said the world community will not recognize unilateral actions by either party that would prejudice the outcome of negotiations. __________________ Nobody puts THIS baby in the corner!

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I agree with the Administration standing tough on this at this juncture. We are tired of being done in by our "friends"! __________________ *Democracy needs defending* - SOS Hillary Clinton, Sept 8, 2010 Democracy is more than just elections - SOS Hillary Clinton, Oct 28, 2010 Madam Secretary Blog at ForeignPolicy.com Project Vote Smart - Stay informed and engaged!

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