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Obama Meets Indonesia President, Criticizes Israel on Housing
New York Times:
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- President Obama, stepping into an Israeli-Palestinian dispute during a homecoming visit to the world's largest Muslim majority nation, criticized Israel on Tuesday for its decision to advance the approval of some 1,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem during a sensitive time in the peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
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"This kind of activity is never helpful when it comes to peace negotiations, and I'm concerned that we're not seeing each side make the extra effort involved to get a breakthrough," Mr. Obama said during a joint news conference here with the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He added, "Each of these incremental steps end up breaking trust."
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