Signs Mount of U.S. Losing Patience With Israel Over Settlements

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Monday March 15, 2010 · 2:22 AM PDT

2010/03/15 · 02:22

In Unusually Blunt Language -- The Strongest U.S. Rebuke of Israel in More Than 20 Years -- Biden Blasts Israel's Decision to Build New Housing for Jews in Arab Neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Warning That They 'Undermine' Not Only Mideast Peace Process, But Also U.S. War Effort in Iraq and Afghanistan

Rarely have relations between the United States and Israel been this testy. But there was Vice President Joe Biden -- during a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories -- using unusually blunt language last week to condemn Israel's decision to build new housing for Jews in predominantly Arab East Jerusalem.

Biden's remarks were the sharpest rebuke of Israel by the U.S. in more than 20 years -- and might signal a new "get-tough" policy by the Obama administration on the volatile issue of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories.

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