mother the new talks with a U.S.

Obama has remained out of the fray as ClintoObama has remained out of the fray as ClintoSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresse
s the American Israel Public Affairs Committe
e P  olicy Conference in Washington, Monday, Ma
rch 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)Secre
tary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accused
Israel of undermining U.S. credibility as a M
ideast peacem  aker Monday on the eve of critic
al talks between President Barack Obama and P
rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Israel recen
tly announced new housing plans for east Jeru
salem, an expansion that th  e Obama administra
tion has strongly criticized. Clinton renewed
that disapproval, telling a pro-Israel audie
nce that provocative Israeli land policies in
areas claimed by the Palestinians are   not in
Israel's long-term interests.Nonetheless, Ne
tanyahu planned to take a firm stand here Mon
day night regarding Jerusalem, stressing that
the city is Israel's capital, "not a settlemair jordan xiii br>ent," government spokesman Mark Regev said.Ne
tanyahu was to speak to the same American Isr
ael Public Affairs Committee that Clinton add
ressed earlier.The spread of Jewish homes on
l  and claimed by the Palestinians threatens th
e Obama administration's first attempts at sh
uttle diplomacy intended to establish an inde
pendent Palestinian state, Clinton said, and
makes it hard for the United States   to be an
honest broker."Our credibility in this proces
s depends in part on our willingness to prais
e both sides when they are courageous, and wh
en we don't agree, to say so, and say so uneq
uivocally  ," Clinton said.She also criticized
Palestinian incitements to violence.Obama has
remained out of the fray as Clinton and othe
r U.S. officials have rebuked Israel for a pa
rticularly large   housing announcement that se
emed timed to embarrass the United States and
perhaps to smother the new talks with a U.S.
go-between before they began. The talks woul
d be the first formal peace   efforts since ele
ction of a Democratic administration in Washi
ngton and a hawkish one in Israel.A meeting T
uesday at the White House will be Obama's fir
st with the Israeli leader since the severe d
iplomatic breach over the housing announcemen
t earlier this month.

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