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November 10, 2010

Obama: Israeli Settlement Expansion "Never Helpful"
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The Obama administration has mildly criticized Israel’s latest plans to
build more than 1,000 settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
During his visit to Indonesia, President Obama said Israel’s settlement
expansion is "never helpful." Meanwhile, in the West Bank, Palestinian
negotiator Saeb Erekat called on the United States to demand an Israeli
withdrawal to its recognized 1967 borders.

Saeb Erekat: "And this is why we call upon the United States and the
European Union, if they want to preserve the two-state solution and the
peace process, to respond to such Israeli unilateralism by declaring the
recognition of the state of Palestine on the ’67 lines with East
Jerusalem as its capital."



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