Israel promises U.S. it will check E. J'lem land seizure

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/533808.html

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"Israel has promised the United States that it will reexamine a decision made last summer to confiscate East Jerusalem property owned by Palestinians, who have been cut off from their land by the separation fence.

The Americans expressed concern about the expropriation of land, which was reported in Haaretz two weeks ago.

In response to this concern, Israeli officials said that they understood the sensitivity of the matter and promised to take another look at the government decision.

Local government sources said they expected that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be bringing up the issue Monday at her meeting in Washington with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's envoys, attorney Dov Weisglass, political adviser Shalom Turgeman, Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon and the premier's military secretary, Major General Yoav Galant."