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Vice President Biden, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah March 10 (AP)

New Israeli Construction in Jerusalem Weakens Trust (2010-03-10)  The announcement of new Israeli housing projects in East Jerusalem undermines the trust needed between Israel and the Palestinians to have profitable peace negotiations, Vice President Biden says.

He pledged a continued active role by the Obama administration to encourage talks between the two sides.

There is “no viable alternative to a two-state solution” that would result in the “independent, viable and contiguous” Palestinian state that the United States is fully committed to achieving, Biden said March 10 in remarks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. “We also believe that the divide between the Israelis and Palestinians can only be resolved by negotiations,” he said.

Both parties must build an atmosphere that supports peace negotiations, rather than one that complicates them, Biden said.

“The decision by the Israeli government to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem undermined … the trust that we need right now,” he said. “That is why I immediately condemned the action.”

The Obama administration will hold both sides accountable “for any statements or actions that inflame tensions or prejudice the outcome of talks, as this decision did,” he said.

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