(AP) Robert Burns - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday criticized Israel's latest building plans in east Jerusalem, calling the proposed construction "counterproductive." "The United States was deeply disappointed by the announcement of advance planning for new housing units in sensitive areas of east Jerusalem," Clinton said, a day before she was scheduled to meet in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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