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Israel: Palestinians Need to Come to Negotiating Table
(CNN) Martina Stewart - Appearing Sunday on CNN, Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., explained: "Israel has a policy that goes back to 1967...that Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel. Under Israeli law, it has the same status as Tel Aviv. And our policy is that every Arab and every Jew has a right to build anywhere in the city legally as an Arab and Jew would have a right to build legally anywhere in a city in the United States, including in this city, in Washington, D.C. That's our policy. The policy is not going to change." "We feel that now we should proceed directly to peace negotiations without a change in policy. We understand that Jerusalem will be one of the core issues discussed in those peace negotiations, but the main issue is to get the peace negotiations started. We are waiting for the Palestinians to join us at the table. So far, they have not done so."