Updated 121:20 In the sharpest message sent in years by a US administration to Israel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters after meeting with the Egyptian foreign minister that Israel must stop all settlements activities in Palestine, with no exceptions. “We think it is in the best interest of the effort that we are engaged in, that settlement expansion cease,” she said, noting that US President Barack Obama had been very clear on the matter in a recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is due in Washington 28 May, and the settlements will be a topic in scheduled talks with Obama. Al Jazeera, BBC, New York Times and analysis, Jerusalem Post

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