The United States said today it is seeking “further explanation” from Israel on plans to equalize services for West Bank and Gaza Strip residents. Meanwhile, State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said the U.S. is “not in a position to categorize or interpret” the decision because it “is not fully flushed out into a program to be put into practice.”
While U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis is taking up the matter with the Israelis in Jerusalem the subject received only “passing reference” in the meeting last night between Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz and Undersecretary of State Philip Habib. Carter said the reference “did not involve discussion.”
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