Even WaPo:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/03/obama_and_netanyahu_pointless.html
“A new administration can be excused for making such a mistake in the treacherous and complex theater of Middle East diplomacy. Thats why Obama was given a pass by many when he made exactly the same mistake last year. The second time around, the president doesnt look naive. He appears ideological — and vindictive.”
You're right on this Mesta...
Abdul Khalik writes in the the Jakarta Post yesterday:
Indonesian head of delegation Dian Triansyah Djani said the settlement expansion policy constituted a blatant violation of existing international law and many other UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, and would only inflame an already tense situation.My government strongly condemns the provocative decision by the occupying power [Israel] to construct 120 illegal settlements in Bethlehem as well as 1,600 illegal settlement units in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territories], including in East Jerusalem, he said.