"US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Saturday during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that the US government will no longer press the Israelis to freeze settlement construction as a precondition for peace talks with the Palestinians -- but she insisted that this was not a policy change on the part of the US government.[Comment: She was at least honest on this point. The US has never really demanded a "settlement" freeze and meant it. It was always stated with a nod and a wink.]...."
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