My Way News - Diplomat: Public clashes with US damaging Israel
AP reports: "The diplomat wrote an internal memo that was leaked to Israel's Channel 10 TV. It said that Israel's public clashes with Washington over the U.S. demand for a settlement construction freeze was causing 'strategic damage to Israel.'"

My Way News - Republicans 'troubled' by US policy on Israel
AP reports: "The Obama administration's policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, a U.S. delegation of Republican congressmen visiting Israel said Thursday."

Comment: These two reports are interesting because they demonstrate the role that domestic politics in Israel and the U.S. is playing in shaping the debate over the peace process.