GOP knocks White House for tensions with Jerusalem No need for 'hysteria' over crisis with US, says Shoval"} 60:{"position":4,"content":"And those criticizing the administration's unusually blunt response to Israel say they fear it may have distracted from and done damage to efforts to relaunch long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks."} 61:{"position":5,"content":"\"It might be well if our friends in the administration and other places in the United States could start refocusing our efforts on the peace process,\" Republican Sen. John McCain said Monday."} 62:{"position":6,"content":"\"Now we've had our spat. We've had our family fight, and it's time for us now to stop and get our eye back on the goal, which is the commencement of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks,\" he said."} 63:{"position":7,"content":"McCain and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman both urged the administration to ease the tone of the dispute, which they said was demonstrating disunity and weakness to steadfast allies of Iran."} 64:{"position":8,"content":"\"Let's cut the family fighting, the family feud,\" Lieberman said. \"It's unnecessary; it's destructive of our shared national interest. It's time to lower voices, to get over the family feud between the US and Israel. It just doesn't serve anybody's interests but our enemies.\""} 65:{"position":9,"content":"At least eight other lawmakers have offered similar concerns, and more are expected to weigh in after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upbraided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the housing announcement in a tense and lengthy phone call on Friday and White House officials repeated the criticism on Sunday's talk shows."} 66:{"position":10,"content":"\"It's hard to see how spending a weekend condemning Israel for a zon

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