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| Clinton moderates statement |
| Clinton moderates statement on Israeli settlements
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 3-November-2009
3:32:55 AM |
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In the face of Arab criticism of the administration's recalibrated Mideast peace tack, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moderated her praise for Israel's offer to restrain building settlements in Palestinian areas.
While Israel was moving in the right direction in its offer to restrict but not stop the settlements, Clinton said Monday, its offer "falls far short" of US expectations. She repeated, however, that it reflected a potentially important step forward for Mideast peace.
Clinton said her earlier praise of Israel's offer, during a stop in Jerusalem, had been intended as "positive reinforcement." But her comment drew widespread criticism from Arab countries which interpreted it as a softening of the US position on settlements, which stand in the way of a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
In a sign of US eagerness to calm Arab concerns about the US
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