The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has furiously backpedalled from comments suggesting Israeli settlers on the West Bank might remain in their homes in a future Palestinian state.
Cabinet ministers, settler leaders and prominent members of his own Likud party condemned the notion, echoing the rightwing revolt over peace moves that doomed Netanyahu's first term as prime minister in 1999, while a Palestinian negotiator also expressed disapproval .... http://www.theguardian.com
