Israel rebuffs U.S. call for total settlement freeze

Haaretz, Associated Press by Barak Ravid | May. 28, 2009 (News Report)

Israel will press ahead with housing construction in its West Bank settlements despite a surprisingly blunt demand from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that all such building stop, an Israeli official said Thursday. Full Story »

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3.7
 by Kaizar Campwala - May. 28, 2009

Better than the NYTimes piece (see links), this article draws sharper distinctions between the Israeli position and the US position, and does a better job of explaining Israeli motivations.

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