My Way News - Israel: Settlers brace for end of building freeze
My Way News reports: "Israeli settlers have hauled bulldozers, cement mixers and other construction equipment into a Jewish settlement deep inside the West Bank [...] a day before the end of a government-mandated halt to settlement building. The lifting of the construction restrictions late Sunday presents the first major crisis in the new round of Mideast peace talks, launched earlier this month at the White House by President Barack Obama."

My Way News - Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal
My Way News reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state."