Israel and the Jerusalem issue

The World

President Obama is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, for the first time since the current friction over settlements in East Jerusalem began. Netanyahu has asserted Israel’s �right to build� in Jerusalem, saying it was �not a settlement, it’s our capital,� in a speech to the pro-Israel lobby group, AIPAC in Washington. Matthew Bell reports.

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