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Hoyer: Let Israel Build in East Jerusalem
(Politico) Mackenzie Weinger - House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who is leading a congressional delegation on a week-long trip to Israel, broke with U.S. policy on Thursday and said the Jewish state should be allowed to build in disputed East Jerusalem. Hoyer told Politico in an interview that he sees Israel's recent authorization of additional housing construction in the eastern section of the city as involving a Jewish neighborhood that must be expanded to accommodate growth. "Essentially, this is a Jewish neighborhood. It may be in East Jerusalem, but it's a Jewish neighborhood and it's expanding." Hoyer said he thinks the new housing project should not damage the peace process. "This is not something that ought to undermine the much, much larger objective of reaching a peaceful resolution between the Palestinians and Israelis."