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May 3, 2012

Report: U.S. Accepts Israeli Request to Thwart U.N. Probe of Settlements 
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting the Obama administration has
agreed to an Israeli government request to thwart a U.N. panel
investigating settlements in the occupied West Bank. The White House's
so-called "Middle East peace" envoy, David Hale, reportedly asked U.N.
Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay to postpone the panel's
investigation indefinitely. The White House apparently hopes to delay
the panel as long as possible in the hopes of eventually quashing it
altogether.

 

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