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Last update - 07:34 08/09/2006
U.S. rebukes Israel for fresh bid to build 690 settlement homes
By Reuters

The United States gently rebuked Israel on Thursday for plans to build 690 new homes in two Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite an obligation under the U.S.-backed roadmap peace plan to halt such construction.

"The policy is the same. .... There should not be expansion of the settlements," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in response to a question at his daily briefing.

McCormack said that the U.S. government raises the issue with Israel but typically does so in private.

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"This is an issue that we do talk to the Israeli government about," he said, adding, "Often times those discussions are done quietly and they are done privately - and you may not hear about them - but we do talk about the issue."

An Israeli government agency has issued a tender inviting bids on 348 plots in the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement and 342 in Betar Illit. The tenders published by Israeli media on Monday were the largest number of housing bids for settlement building offered since Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took office on May 4.

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  1.   Israel needs to push the Jewish position 23:43  |  Mosheh Wolfish 07/09/06
  2.   State department, anti-semitic? 23:58  |  Gili 07/09/06
  3.   State Dept is at it again 23:58  |  Robert 07/09/06
  4.   Israel, you know how much I love you, but.... 23:58  |  Dave 07/09/06
  5.   ".... gently rebuked...." 00:08  |  zmogus 08/09/06
  6.   Sneaky timing for announcing settlement expansion 00:08  |  Pablo B 08/09/06
  7.   Israel, USA and the UN 00:12  |  marco 08/09/06
  8.   US Rebuke re settlements 00:23  |  Ray 08/09/06
  9.   US Doesn`t Really Mean It 00:27  |  Mark of Lewiston 08/09/06
  10.   lawyers unite 00:34  |  confused 08/09/06
  11.   Israel has rights 00:39  |  Brod 08/09/06
  12.   Until . . . 00:56  |  Veritas 08/09/06
  13.   Dave,what good did it bring to leave Gaza? 00:59  |  Absolute Sweden 08/09/06
  14.   Israel, US & the UN 01:01  |  wibism 08/09/06
  15.   Why a rebuke at all? 01:06  |  peter 08/09/06
  16.   Look at the settlements... 01:09  |  bad leb 08/09/06
  17.   US rebukes Israel for settlements 01:38  |  Michael 08/09/06
  18.   Actually... 01:42  |  Canadian 08/09/06
  19.   Interesting inconsistency... 01:44  |  Hanoman 08/09/06
  20.   RE: Israel has rights 01:45  |  michael 08/09/06
  21.   GO LOOK ON GOOGLE EARTH 01:45  |  NeutralObserver 08/09/06
  22.   USA UNDERSTANDS ISRAEL POSITION,BUT IN PUBLIC THEY "PROTEST")))) 01:47  |  -VOICE of MOSHIACH)) 08/09/06
  23.   For Brod in USA 01:53  |  Hanoman 08/09/06
  24.   ENOUGH Bush and Condi! 02:07  |  ilana 08/09/06
  25.   are these suburbs 02:15  |  Sheri 08/09/06
  26.   Re; # 8 02:21  |  Read ur bible 08/09/06
  27.   690 is not enough.. Shuold build 690,000!! 02:23  |  Mozz 08/09/06
  28.   Judea and Samaria ARE part of Israel..makes sense to expand 02:34  |  David 08/09/06
  29.   This is all Jewish land, stop building Muslim settlement 02:38  |  Vladimir Jabotinsky 08/09/06
  30.   #8 Historic land 02:39  |  Johnboy 08/09/06
  31.   HOW CAN YOU CALL ISREALITE A SETTLER WHEN HE INDIGENOUS 02:42  |  FOR JUSTICE 08/09/06
  32.   Tell Bush to Shove It 02:46  |  Charles Mandel 08/09/06
  33.   to 14 02:53  |  paulo2006 08/09/06
  34.   Brod - "GW Bush is a Latent Islamic Jihadist" 02:56  |  Mark of Lewiston 08/09/06
  35.   RE 8 Wrong 03:15  |  Alan (the original) 08/09/06
  36.   The US should not pay for this 03:16  |  Joe Buck 08/09/06
  37.   #15 Will not address you by your chosen name 03:17  |  ilana 08/09/06
  38.   I do not understand 03:26  |  Ruy Lopez 08/09/06
  39.   Israel does not want peace. 03:29  |  renee 08/09/06
  40.   Israel Never Learns 03:29  |  dan 08/09/06
  41.   To Brod 03:41  |  Marco 08/09/06
  42.   The only possible conclusion 03:45  |  Mark Lincoln 08/09/06
  43.   To Mozz 03:46  |  Marco 08/09/06
  44.   Settlements 03:46  |  Dwido 08/09/06
  45.   Michael 10, 13 03:47  |  Brod 08/09/06
  46.   to David 03:48  |  Marco 08/09/06
  47.   US Wrong Interpratation of Settlement. 04:06  |  Joseph E . 08/09/06
  48.   Hanoman 12, 16 04:11  |  Brod 08/09/06
  49.   To # 17 Sheri , Rockville , MD , USA . 04:15  |  Joseph E . 08/09/06
  50.   Settlers 04:15  |  Ann 08/09/06
  51.   #15 I apologize 04:27  |  ilana 08/09/06
  52.   These Crybabies Whine,Whine.... 04:29  |  Abe 08/09/06
  53.   Mark 22 04:29  |  Brod 08/09/06
  54.   To # 25 ILANA 04:29  |  Joseph E . 08/09/06
  55.   Johnboy 22 04:46  |  Brod 08/09/06
  56.   Article 24 PLO charter gives up right to Gaza and west bank 04:49  |  Jabadini 08/09/06
  57.   The Buck stops here 04:50  |  Dwido 08/09/06
  58.   Most money given to Israel is loans not donation 04:54  |  Jabadini 08/09/06
  59.   Israel is doing the right and just thing 04:56  |  Nechama 08/09/06
  60.   to Sheri 04:59  |  joe 08/09/06
  61.   ISRAEL BUILDS HOMES FOR ITS PEOPLE & USA SAYS NOT KOSHER? 05:17  |  DAVID 08/09/06
  62.   The `road map` to oblivion by USA`s sponsors 05:26  |  Sal 08/09/06
  63.   everyone is a settler 05:44  |  settler 08/09/06
  64.   #28 funding 05:55  |  sovereign 08/09/06
  65.   Good for you, Brod 05:56  |  Ann 08/09/06
  66.   Americans being fleeced in more ways then one 06:04  |  Ann 08/09/06
  67.   Elaborate please 06:10  |  Ann 08/09/06
  68.   To # 15, 40 and 43 06:15  |  Eli 08/09/06
  69.   To Brod 06:16  |  Michael 08/09/06
  70.   Dwido, may I have it in writing? 06:18  |  Ann 08/09/06
  71.   Jabadini, show me the quote 06:20  |  Ann 08/09/06
  72.   Don`t Worry 06:25  |  Michael 08/09/06
  73.   The Settlements Should Stop 06:31  |  Eli 08/09/06
  74.   #17 I really did mean it as a question 06:42  |  Sheri 08/09/06
  75.   Jabadini 06:54  |  Jim Anderson 08/09/06
  76.   To # 54 ANN ,ANNNNND # 41 BROD 06:58  |  Joseph E . 08/09/06
  77.   Not even Bush stands with Israel on this 07:03  |  Int`l community 08/09/06
  78.   Time for U.S. and Israel to go separate ways. 07:05  |  Timothy 08/09/06
  79.   #26 Charles Mandel 07:18  |  Int`l community 08/09/06
  80.   Hi! We`re going to starve you! 07:33  |  TJO 08/09/06
  81.   Settlements for Khazars?! 07:35  |  kahane 08/09/06
  82.   More Terra 07:52  |  ron 08/09/06
  83.   rebuke 07:59  |  colin 08/09/06
  84.   nudge nudge wink wink 08:21  |  watcher 08/09/06
  85.   Jabadini: Loans and not donations 08:31  |  Guy From NYC 08/09/06
  86.   46 Brod - USA Does Not Recognize the Annexation 08:33  |  Mark of Lewiston 08/09/06
  87.   53 Sovereign - Funding 08:46  |  Mark of Lewiston 08/09/06
  88.   36 Mark Lincoln - No Other Conclusion 08:56  |  Mark of Lewiston 08/09/06
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