WASHINGTON — In a tense, 43-minute phone call on Friday morning, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s plans for new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem sent a “deeply negative signal” about Israel-American relations, and not just because it spoiled a visit by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Room for Debate Israel's Challenge to the U.S. The Israeli government tests the Obama administration’s policy of...
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