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June 23, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184902559&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

U.S. Insists Settlement Freeze Includes Eastern Jerusalem

[Jerusalem Post] Tovah Lazaroff and Hilary Leila Krieger - Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem are included in the U.S. demand that Israel halt "settlement" construction, including for natural growth, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told the Jerusalem Post during a press briefing on Monday. "We're talking about all settlement activity, yes, in the area across the line," he said, referring to neighborhoods in Jerusalem over the pre-1967 armistice line. Israel has always insisted that it has a right to build anywhere in Jerusalem because under Israeli law it is not considered part of the West Bank.

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