Israeli Settlements: Olmert - U.S. should stop worrying about West Bank settlements

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert has told the Washington Post that the Obama administration should end its focus on West Bank settlements as a way of driving forward the peace process with the Palestinians.

Olmert said that "Instead of a political process, the issue of settlement construction commands the agenda between the United States and Israel. This is a mistake that serves neither the process with the Palestinians nor relations between Israel and the Arab world."

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