Israelis Say Bush Agreed to West Bank Growth

JERUSALEM — Senior Israeli officials accused President Obama on Wednesday of failing to acknowledge what they called clear understandings with the Bush administration that allowed Israel to build West Bank settlement housing within certain guidelines while still publicly claiming to honor a settlement “freeze.”

But a former senior official in the Bush administration disagreed, calling the Israeli characterization “an overstatement.” Israelis Say Bush Agreed to West Bank Growth

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