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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/14/AR2010031400534.html
Netanyahu Voices Regret in Jerusalem Building Row with U.S.
(Reuters-Washington Post) Jeffrey Heller - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced regret on Sunday for the announcement of a Jerusalem construction plan that has strained ties with Washington. "I suggest not to get carried away and to calm down," Netanyahu told his cabinet, after a reprimand by Secretary of State Clinton. "There was a regrettable incident here, that occurred innocently," Netanyahu said. Yet he gave no sign he would meet Palestinian demands to cancel a project for 1,600 new homes in northern Jerusalem. Netanyahu appointed a team of senior officials "to ensure procedures will be in place to prevent these kinds of incidents" in the future.