WASHINGTON: New Israeli construction on land claimed by the Palestinians threatens peace efforts and undermines the United States’ ability to help end the Arab-Israeli conflict, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a leading Jewish organization on Monday. Israel’s recent announcement of new housing in east Jerusalem exposed differences between the US and the Jewish state that others could exploit, Clinton said. Her remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee were friendly, but contained a blunt account of a severe diplomatic breach between the close allies over what the United States sees as the provocative and shortsighted expansion of Jewish settlements and other…
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Israeli settlements hamper Middle East peace, says Hillary Clinton
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