Story Summary
 President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) |
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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to arrive in the U.S. to meet with President Barack Obama Monday, a report from the Israeli government announced that settlement construction in the West Bank had doubled in 2013, perfectly summarizing how fruitless the entire peace process is as long as the status quo continues.
The Jewish-American lobby, represented in large part by the AIPAC group, convening this week, has been much closer to the heart of U.S. administrations. |
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