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Israel Grabs More Arab Land, and US Remains Silent
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
AFP via Yahoo - Oct 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071010/pl_afp/mideastconflictisraelsettlersus
US silent on Israel grab of Arab land
The United States refused to immediately comment Wednesday on Israel's
decision to confiscate Arab land near Jerusalem, one day before
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to head to the region.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told re****ters that
Wa****ngton had not yet determined what its official reaction would be.
"(I'm) still looking into it," he said. "I want to understand better
the facts on the ground from our people in the field."
"As soon as I have those, I'll be happy to provide you with a reaction."
Israel on Tuesday ordered the confiscation of Arab land outside east
Jerusalem, officials said, reviving fears that the occupied West Bank
could be split in two and challenging peace overtures.
The appropriation orders came as Israelis and Palestinians prepare for
a major US-sponsored international peace summit widely expected in
Maryland next month, and were immediately criticized by Arab
authorities.
Wa****ngton's silence contrasts with the reaction by France, Egypt and
Jordan, all of which have denounced the land grab.
Rice was due to depart Wa****ngton Thursday for Moscow and the Middle
East, hoping to lay the groundwork for the peace meeting.
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