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ARAB ISRAEL RELATIONS - June 15 - Israeli Plan Threatens Peace Talks, Says Rice.
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APS Diplomat Recorder
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June 21, 2008
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Israel confirms plans to build 1,300 homes in the ultraorthodox Ramat Shlomo area of East Jerusalem Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, warns that the Israeli government's plan to build hundreds of new housing units in the occupied West Bank Jewish settlement of Ramat Shlomo might hurt already fragile peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The regional planning board of Israel's interior ministry last week approved the construction of 1,300 new homes in the ultra-orthodox community, an interior ministry spokeswoman said. The settlement is located in an area that the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem. Ms Rice, speaking in Jerusalem at the start of her ...