White House: Israeli housing plans dismaying WASHINGTON - The White House rebuked Israel with heavy criticism Tuesday after the Jerusalem city government moved toward the construction of 900 additional housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim for the capital of their future state. EU rejects Palestinian statehood appeal BRUSSELS - The European Union rejected requests Tuesday that it support a Palestinian plan for gaining recognition as an independent state at the U.N. Security Council without Israeli consent. Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction - a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.