The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Jerusalem

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in an unprecedented public acknowledgment, called continued Israeli construction in West Bank settlements a breach of Israel's obligations under a recently revived peace plan. The remarks, published in yesterday's Jerusalem Post, came just days before President Bush arrives in the region to build on the momentum created at a Mideast conference in Annapolis. Bush, in a separate interview, urged Israel to uphold its commitment to remove the settlement outposts in the West Bank. "The Israeli government announced that it plans to get rid of the unauthorized outposts, and that's what we expect them to do.