BU Now » settlements http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 U.S.-Israel settlements rift widens http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/05/29/us-israel-settlements-rift-widens/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/05/29/us-israel-settlements-rift-widens/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 13:42:40 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=587 President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are pressing Israel to freeze the building of settlements on Israel’s West Bank.  Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu insists any freeze would only be part of an end-game peace solution with the Palestinian government.  College of Communication journalism Professor Robert Zelnick, a former ABC News Middle East correspondent and author of “Israeli Unilateralism: Beyond Gaza” can put the stalemate into context.

Contact Robert Zelnick, 617-353-5007, bzelnick@bu.edu

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