03/11/10

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The Israeli Government managed to overshadow a high-profile visit by US Vice-President Joe Biden with an announcement of controversial and politically highly sensitive plans to build 1600 new homes for Jewish residents in Arab East Jerusalem. The announcement from the Interior Ministry - which drew a sharp and swift rebuke from Biden himself - came only hours after the Vice-President had personally congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for "taking risks for peace".

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