AP source: Clinton and Netanyahu speak on phone, plan face-to-face meeting next week
By Matthew Lee, APThursday, March 18, 2010
AP source: Clinton, Netanyahu to meet next week
WASHINGTON — A U.S. official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to meet next week amid troubles in the U.S.-Israel alliance.
The official says Netanyahu called Clinton on Thursday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of an announcement on the developments.
The official would not give details of the call, but the expectation had been that Netanyahu would give his response to demands Clinton laid out last week. The U.S. wants Israel to roll back plans for new Jewish houses on land claimed by the Palestinians.
Announcement of the housing plan embarrassed Vice President Joe Biden while he was visiting Israel last week and led to an unusual breach in diplomatic relations.
