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Source: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/05/123671.htm
Clinton Presses Israel on Settlements
[State Department] In an interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "We want to see a stop to settlement construction, additions, natural growth - any kind of settlement activity. That is what the president has called for....We expect to see two states living side by side, a state for the Palestinians that will be sovereign and within which the Palestinians will have the authorities that come with being in charge of a state with respect to such activities as settlements."