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Article: Palestinian PM criticizes Clinton for letting Israel set peace agenda.(WORLD)(Salam Fayyad on Hillary Rodham Clinton's policy)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Ramallah, West Bank -- Following US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit here this weekend, Palestinians are reacting with frustration over what appeared to be a shift in the Obama administration's policy toward Israeli settlement growth in the West Bank.
Although Secretary Clinton had previously insisted that the US wanted a total freeze on West Bank settlement expansion, she said during her meetings here this weekend that Palestinians should return to negotiations without preconditions - and lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's steps toward limiting settlement ...