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Article: State Department criticizes Congress for boosting Israel's claim to Jerusalem
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- September 30, 2002
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
The State Department criticized Congress on Monday for legislation
designed to boost Israel's claim to Jerusalem as its capital and to
set up the U.S. Embassy there.
Secretary of State Colin Powell believes the city's future is for
Israel and the Palestinians to decide through negotiations, department
spokesman Richard Boucher said.
What Congress did last week on the Middle East as it authorized spending
for State Department programs around the world hinders "advancing
our interests in the region and promoting a just and lasting peace,
" Boucher said.
Israel consider Jerusalem to be the eternal capital of the Jewish
people. It ousted ...