Washington effectively has adopted the Palestinian position on Israel’s new security fence, Silvan Shalom told Army Radio. The Israeli foreign minister reacted to news that the United States will press Israel to freeze construction of the fence and to change its planned course. Shalom, who was in Washington this week ahead of the upcoming White House visits of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, rejected claims that the fence harms Palestinian interests.
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