blicly accused Israel of more "aggressive settlement construction ... than we've seen in a very long time." Only hours before the meeting, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published a report that cited a massive increase in settlement construction during 2013. But the president had his facts wrong, and a careful

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