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March 9, 2010

Biden: U.S. Ties to Israel Are “Unshakable”
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Vice President Joseph Biden has opened talks with Israeli leaders ahead
of the restart of indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. In his first
trip to Israel as VIce President, Biden said Washington’s ties to Israel
are “unshakable." Meanwhile Palestinian leaders are condemning Israel
for approving 112 new units in an ultra-Orthodox settlement in the
occupied West Bank.
 
bq. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat: “If the price that we will pay
for saying yes to Mitchell will be more settlements and more incursions
and more dictations, that’s a big question mark about the possibility of
continuing. We condemn this Israeli action and we call upon the United
States of America to really stop such Israeli actions in order to give
peace a chance.”



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