Netanyahu Settlements

Israeli Settlement Freeze Plan On Hold, Says Israeli Official

AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — The future of the Mideast peace process could rest in the hands of one very undiplomatic man: an outspoken 90-year-old rabbi who rec...

Netanyahu Pushes For Israel Settlement Freeze After U.S. Offers Incentives

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Washington's new proposal for reviving Mideast talks, presented Sunday to Israel's Cabinet, rests on the bold expectation that Israe...

At Obama Israel Summit, Netanyahu Will Defend Settlement Growth, Says Aide

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will defend the expansion of West Bank settlements when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian Preside...

Netanyahu Strikes Defiant Tone Before Meeting US Envoy Mitchell

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected U.S. calls to freeze all settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jeru...

Israeli Settlement Halt: U.S. Hints At Flexibility

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations could possibly resume without a complete freeze in Israeli building of Jewish settlement...

2 Ultra-Orthodox West Bank Settlements Reveal Hope For A Deal

nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER and ISABEL KERSHNER | Posted 05.25.2011

MODIIN ILLIT, West Bank Seen from afar, this fast-growing settlement embodies everything that the Obama administration wants to address through its de...

US, Israel Close To Settlement Deal: Ehud Barak

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Before heading back to Israel from New York following his meeting with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday mo...

Israeli Settlements: Majority Of Israelis Against Obama's Demand To Freeze All Construction: Poll

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Nearly six of every 10 Israelis think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should resist U.S. demands to completely freeze construction in Jewish West Ba...

Netanyahu: Obama Call For Settlement Freeze "Unreasonable"

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

HAVAT GILAD, West Bank — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected President Barack Obama's demand for a freeze on West Bank ...