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Discussion of Settlements a "Marginal" Part of Obama-Netanyahu Meeting
(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - An Israeli official confirmed that the possibility of a U.S.-led initiative to advance the peace process in the period between the U.S. elections on Nov. 4 and Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 was not discussed at all during the Obama-Netanyahu meeting. While senior Obama administration officials claimed Obama raised "profound U.S. concerns" that settlement-building was eroding prospects for peace, the senior Israeli official said the discussion of settlements "was a marginal part of the meeting." Netanyahu argued that the Israelis in the West Bank are no obstacle to peace, but the Palestinians' refusal to drop their demand for the right of return and to recognize a Jewish state in any borders are.