“This is destroying the process of a two-state solution. I hope the Americans will make the

“This is destroying the process of a two-state solution. I hope the Americans will make the Israelis revoke the decision. I think they can make the Israelis do this.”

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat

Saying Israel is undermining U.S.-backed peace talks by approving construction of a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank.

“We have long believed that nobody in America is interested in our continent any more. The appearance and the speech of Barack Obama (in Berlin) are evidence that this preconception is false.”

Richard von Weizsaecker

Former German president, in Germany’s Bild newspaper.