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<p>I issued a statement on 29 October condemning the announcement of plans for 1,060
new housing units in East Jerusalem. I made it clear that this was an ill-judged and
ill-timed decision, which makes it harder to achieve a two state solution with Jerusalem
as a shared capital. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have raised this issue
with the Israeli National Security Adviser, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political-Military
Adviser, senior contacts at the National Security Council and the Cabinet Office.</p>
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