Premier: Israel To Keep Parts Of West Bank Forever (ap)

In this photo made available by the U.S. Embassy to Israel, U.S. Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, left, meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Mitchell pressed on with his sputtering, year-old peace mission Sunday, shuttling between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an effort to break a stubborn deadlock over Israeli settlement construction. (AP Photo/Matty Stern, U.S Embassy, HO)AP – Israel’s prime minister declared on Sunday that his country would retain parts of the West Bank forever — a statement that infuriated Palestinians and could complicate the year-old peace mission of a visiting U.S. envoy.

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