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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (61711)	3/12/2010 1:32:32 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219653

Clinton sends tough message to Israel, complain bluntly about Israel's announcement this week of new housing settlements in East Jerusalem. Well, after taking on the Brits taking on the Israelis... Looks like Obama administration gets teeth. WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to complain bluntly about Israel's announcement this week of new housing settlements in East Jerusalem. The official said Clinton spoke with Netanyahu Friday "to deliver a very strong message with regard to events over the past week." She said that Israel is expected to take actions to improve the prospects for relaunching peace talks with the Palestinians. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the call. The Israeli announcement took the U.S. by surprise, and overshadowed a visit by Vice President Joe Biden, who condemned it. It also enraged Palestinians and Arab states, jeopardizing indirect peace talks to be mediated by U.S. envoy George Mitchell.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (61711)	3/12/2010 1:43:54 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 219653

Call it Cafézinho. Not tea. Brazil leader talks Mideast peace, Message of unity You'd be hard-pressed to find someone in Rio de Janeiro who hasn't heard of Saara Street, where Jews and Arabs sell clothing, toys and other items side by side. Whenever tension in the Middle East rises, local television crews show up to film the Brazilian version of coexistence. "All Brazilians are brothers," they say - hence their ability, in their view, to bring brotherhood to all other nations. how to be friends with both Israel and Iran. These days, local TV stations are broadcasting a commercial produced by Bank Itau, which sponsors the Brazilian national soccer team. The camera zooms in on a bustling market, obviously in the Old City of Jerusalem. A 7- or 8-year-old boy is dribbling a soccer ball. He has sidelocks. He dribbles and dribbles until he loses control of the ball, which hits a sack of corn belonging to Arabs and knocks it over. Standing next to the fallen sack is a another boy. An Arab, of course. He looks at the Jew. Everyone falls silent. The viewers are tense, waiting for war to break out. But then the two boys discover they are both wearing the yellow T-shirt of the Brazilian national team. The Arab boy picks up the ball, bounces it and gives it back to the Jewish kid. Then they pass it back and forth. The slogan flashes on the screen: "Itau - uniting cultures through soccer." Cut.