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Netanyahu 'surprised' by U.S. condemnation over East Jerusalem plan
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1156095.html
Netanyahu earlier Saturday said he was surprised by the U.S. administration's public condemnation of his government over the building plan in East Jerusalem. Sources in the Prime Minister's Office said the crisis appeared to be orchestrated by the U.S. administration, as Netanyahu apologized to U.S. Vice President Biden and believed the crisis was behind the two allies... "In all negotiations conducted up until now, Israel has clarified for the Palestinians and the U.S. that these neighborhoods are part of the Jerusalem bloc that will remain in Israeli hands in any final-status agreement."
Israel believes East Jerusalem row won't stop Mideast talks
By Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff, Nir Hasson and Natasha Mozgovaya
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1155895.html
3/13/10
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that despite the crisis with the United States over the plan for new housing in East Jerusalem and the protests by the Palestinian Authority and Arab world, indirect talks with the PA will continue as planned early next week. "The crisis is behind us," sources in the Prime Minister's Bureau said Thursday. They said proof was the invitation to Netanyahu by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to meet in Washington in 10 days while Netanyahu visits a meeting of the AIPAC lobby group... Senior Israeli sources say that the prime minister expressed confidence that the so-called proximity talks will go ahead as planned. Netanyahu also welcomed two issues in the vice president's Tel Aviv University speech Thursday. The first was the need to move as quickly as possible to direct negotiations. The second was the need to discuss all core issues and not begin with borders, which is what the Palestinians want...

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