An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy walks in Ramat Shlomo, a religious Jewish settlement in an area of the occupied West Bank Israel annexed to Jerusalem, December 18, 2012.

Unusually, US hits Israel hard on settlement plans

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON, DC - In unusually rare and blunt criticism of its top Mideast ally, the Obama administration on Tuesday slammed Israel for continuing to announce new settlement construction on land claimed by the Palestinians, ABC OTUS News reported.  The State Department accused Israel of engaging in a "pattern of provocative action" that calls into question statements from Israeli leaders that...