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May 28, 2009

Israel Vows Continued Settlement Building as Obama, Abbas Meet
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits the White House today for his
first meeting with President Obama since Obama’s inauguration. Ahead of
Abbas’s arrival, the Obama administration renewed calls for Israel to
stop settlement construction in the Occupied Territories. But Israeli
officials, meanwhile, said they’ll continue expanding settlements to
accommodate so-called “natural growth” amongst settler communities.



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