PM Netanyahu in London: "I reiterated Israel's commitment to peace and outlined what I believe is the winning formula for peace: a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state."

Israel's right-wing government has reacted angrily to fresh American criticism of Jewish settlements. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a demand by the United States to halt a project to build apartments for Jews in disputed East Jerusalem.

A Key part of Netanyahu's speech - and it is repeated endlessly by Israeli hardliners and their supporters in the United States - is that Israel withdrew from Gaza and that was not enough for the violent Palestinians who responded to this humane and wonderful sacrifice by firing rockets; the ungrateful villains! There is much wrong with this statement.

It was highly anticipated. We were told that the Prime Minister of Israel was going to finally call for a Palestinian state and accept the road map to peace. But Netanyahu's speech was full of the same bluster, bias, and one-sided politics that have kept this destructive conflict going for more than 4o years. Netanyahu's speech was sadly disappointing, though very predictable.

PM of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu speaks of Demilitarized Palestinian state side by side with Israel, but says Jerusalem is the United capital of Israel.

Jimmy Carter was honored by the Palestinian government today for his tireless effort to bring a more objective and informed approach toward the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Carter is the first prominent figure in the United States to make the conflict clear, and to really point out what must be done to achieve peace.

The Standard operating procedure regarding United States foreign policy toward Israel has been to let Israel do whatever it likes and never criticize it. Israel would continue to build settlements, starve, segregate and brutalize Palestinians, and the United States would simply ignore all this and talk about how wonderful Israel was. President Obama is now sending signals that those days may be over.

In a recent notice, released by the U.S. State Department on May 24, it reads that U.S. will support Jerusalem as a final status issue in contrast to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's comments.