Some 80 percent of the waters of the Mountain Aquifer go to Israel and only 20 percent go to Palestinians in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Libyan Ambassador Ali Aujali agreed, but said the Arab world is waiting for some concrete policy changes, especially in regard to Israel's continued expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

President Obama,in his speech to the Muslim world in June, called for Israel to stop settlement expansion in the West Bank and allow for the establishment of a Palestinian State.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the West Bank, government spokesman Mark Regev says that does not apply to Jerusalem, which Israel says is the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Despite U.S.demands for Israel to stop or restrain construction of Jewish housing in disputed East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, during the Biden visit Israeli officials announced their approval of construction of 1,600 new Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

(RECORDING) Erekat said President Abbas will tell Mitchell that if the United States does not succeed in convincing Israel to stop the settlement expansion, it will - in Erekat's words mean that no one in the Arab world will believe that Mr.Obama can ultimately convince Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14