US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called Jewish settlement building "a problem" and said Israel had not done enough to ease restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Rice arrived in Israel on Saturday for her latest round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, aimed at moving the Middle East peace process forward. Ahead of Rice's arrival, Israel said it had approved the construction of 1,300 new homes in an area of the West Bank that the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat called the announcement part of "a systematic policy to destroy the peace process", and urged Rice to make the issue her top priority. Rice begins formal meetings in Jerusalem on Sunday.
(Deutsche Welle)
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