Settlements Unfrozen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks during a meeting of local council heads in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, on Wednesday. The U.S.'s decision to abandon its efforts to coax a settlement freeze out of Israel marks the biggest failure yet in the Obama administration's much-trumpeted Mideast peace push, casting serious doubts over whether the U.S president can broker a deal by his September 2011 target. (AP Photo)
