Bush said he would use his trip to keep up pressure on both sides, including making clear to Israelis his concern about continued Jewish settlement activity.
"I will talk about Israeli settlement expansion, about how that is, that can be, you know, an impediment to success," he told Reuters in an interview. "The unauthorized outposts for example need to be dismantled, like the Israelis said they would do."
And Reuters reports:
Asked about Bush's comments, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said: "Israel is committed to meeting all our obligations under the road map and if the Palestinian side moves similarly on its commitments, I believe there is a real chance for substantive progress in the coming months."
Talks launched at the U.S.-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis have bogged down since Israel announced plans to build hundreds of new homes in an area near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim.
Israel has responded to the protests over settlements by pressing the Palestinians to meet their road map commitments to rein in militants as a condition for establishing a state.
Rein in militants?
You mean terrorists who kill civilians and who try to kill civilians?
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