Rice presses Israel on housing plan
From Times Wire Reports
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Israel that its plan to build 300 housing units on land captured in 1967 threatened U.S.-backed peace efforts.
Rice spoke after talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels.
Israel has issued a tender for the construction at Har Homa.
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