There's a war going on you know...

I have to agree on settlements. If there has been one single issue that has more negatively affected the Israeli case for peaceful coexistance it surely has to be the continued building of settlements. To my mind settlement building is as provocative as launching rocket attacks. Do you have any up to date data on settlement building 2007 - 2008? I know that they dismantled settlements in Gaza but I don't know the state of play regarding settlements in the West bank.

Regarding refugees with the exception of Jordon none of the neighbouring Arab states have ever lifted a finger to help the Palestinian refugees. Stated policy of the Arab league is to use them as a political pawn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugees

As to Jerusalem and the West Bank - Camp david 2000

*"Ehud Barak offered Arafat an eventual 91% (after many years - see section on territory) of the West Bank, and all of the *Gaza Strip* with Palestinian control over Eastern Jerusalem as the capital of the new Palestinian state; in addition, all refugees could apply for compensation of property from an international fund to which Israel would contribute along with other countries. But before any gradual Israeli withdrawal, all Palestinian terrorist infrastructure must be dismantled. Arafat, however, refused *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit#Jerusalem_and_the_Temple_Mount

Clinton bent over backwards at Camp David for a two state solution - one of the reasons I think Obama has chosen Hillary as Secretary of State.

Well, they were offered a portion of the West Bank, but it was all chopped up and was missing some very key areas. Furthermore, they have been denied East Jerusalem.

The Israelis have continued to build settlements in the West Bank since 2007, but I don't have any figures to hand.