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June 18, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093870.html

U.S. Dissatisfied with Israel Linking Release of Abducted Soldier with Opening of Gaza Border Crossings

[Ha'aretz] Barak Ravid - Three weeks ago, the U.S. sent Jerusalem a diplomatic note officially demanding a more liberal opening of the Gaza border crossings to facilitate reconstruction. U.S. and Israeli sources say the Obama administration thinks Israel's linkage of the case of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit and the opening of the crossings was not constructive. America's demands on Israel's Gaza policy were also raised Wednesday during talks between Clinton and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Israel has insisted that unless there is progress in the negotiations for Shalit's release and a new sign of life is received, there will be no concessions on the crossings.

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