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President Obama has weighed in on the crisis in U.S. relations with Israel, reaffirming what he called the special bond with the Jewish state, despite the disagreement over Israeli plans to build new Jewish housing in East Jerusalem.

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U.S.-Israel relations are worsening over Israel's refusal to halt new construction in Jewish settlements. But as the Obama administration presses for a halt to all new building, real estate agents are reporting a rush to buy apartments both in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

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President Obama is calling for "a new beginning" between the United States and the Muslim world, saying it's time to focus on the interests they share rather than their differences.

For more on the president's speech from Cairo, Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne talk with NPR's Don Gonyea in Cairo, NPR's Deborah Amos in Cairo and NPR's Lourdes Garcia Navarro in East Jerusalem.