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  • US slams Israel over designating heritage (and Biblical) sites

    02/25/2010 3:56:37 AM PST · by tobyhill · 20 replies · 603+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 2/24/2010 | MATTHEW LEE/AP
    The Obama administration criticized Israel Wednesday for designating two shrines on Palestinian territory as national heritage sites. The criticism came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she hopes long-stalled peace talks between Israelis and the Palestinians will resume. Clinton told a congressional committee that groundwork is being laid to restart the talks with the help of U.S. envoy George Mitchell. She didn't say exactly when the negotiations might resume but her remarks come amid a flurry of U.S. diplomatic activity in the region. They come as the United States, Russia and their Mideast peace partners are trying to...