President Bush rejected any Israeli settlement expansion. Administration officials said the president will raise Israel’s plans to add 3,500 apartments in the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim when he meets next week in Crawford, Texas, with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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