Clinton arrives Jerusalem

Clinton arrives Jerusalem
Updated at: 0625 PST, Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Clinton arrives Jerusalem JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Israeli leaders on her first official Middle East visit on Tuesday aiming to focus on hobbled peace talks while her hosts hope to switch attention to Iran.

Clinton arrived in key ally Israel from Egypt, where she told a conference on Gaza reconstruction that rebuilding the Palestinian enclave after Israel's deadly war could not be separated from the Middle East peace process.

"Our response to today's crisis in Gaza cannot be separated from our broader efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace," she said in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh at a conference attended by delegates from more than 70 countries and organisations.

"By providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza, we also aim to foster conditions in which a Palestinian state can be fully realised," she said.

Clinton later told a news conference she was troubled by continuing rocket fire from Gaza, and urged all parties to work towards a lasting truce.

"But it is very difficult for any country to just sit and take rockets falling on its people, that is the crux of the Israeli problem. How are they supposed to respond when they continue to have that kind of attack?" she said.

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