Once again, the Government of the State of Israel shows that they have no desire for a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian question. They have just announced that another 3,000 settlements will be built in East Jerusalem and the West Bank which the United Nations have designated as Palestinian territory. When will America and the west have the balls to stand up to Israel and support the United Nations in trying to establish peace and the two state solution. The Palestinian authority has said hundreds of times that it is ready to restart negotiations but requires Israel to stop building new settlements on Palestinian land. These settlements have been declared illegal many times by the United Nations, and therefore should be stopped as a pre condition for peace talks to be resumed. Its time that the United Nations gave Israel an ultimatum and a time limit for their abandonment or they should be expelled from the UN. Israel is obviously attempting to annex more and more of the Palestinian territory and has no wish or desire to see a State of Palestine created. The more territory they steal from Palestine, the more the Palestinians will be provoked into taking aggressive action against them. Any self respecting people would fight to defend their homes and territory just as the Palestinians are doing now. The world should be supporting Palestine in their just struggle for a homeland and not aiding and abetting the terrorist State of Israel. Mr Obama, enough is enough. You are backing the wrong side. Stand up to Israel before it is too late and another Middle East war breaks out. Readers of this blog please feel free to add your comments.