Obama to Bibi: Stop the settlements

[MikeWaters]

Such obligations "outlined in the road map" agreed with the US in 2003, meant that building work by Jewish settlers on Palestinian land must cease. "We have to make progress on settlements," said Mr Obama firmly, "settlements have to be stopped".

Mr Netanyahu has so far refused to endorse full Palestinian statehood, suggested settlements needed to be allowed to grow naturally, and insisted that the first priority must be to deal with the "existential threat" to Israel posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6315072.ece