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U.S. Won't Make Roadmap Report Public
[Jerusalem Post] U.S. Gen. William Fraser will not make public the report on compliance with Roadmap obligations he is expected to present Friday at a trilateral meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials, the Jerusalem Post has learned. Rather, according to diplomatic officials, Fraser is expected to present each side with his report, and then pass it on - as well as the Israeli and Palestinian responses to it - to Secretary of State Rice, who will decide how to proceed further. Rice appointed Fraser as the Roadmap monitor after the Annapolis conference in November. Regarding American concerns over Israeli plans to build new housing units in eastern Jerusalem and several West Bank settlements, Israeli defense officials said that Israel would continue to build in Jerusalem and in the major settlement blocs. "These areas are an integral part of the State of Israel and we will continue to build there," an official said.