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Netanyahu ends US visit without resolving settlement dispute

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Israel’s leader is returning home from the United States after failing to resolve a dispute over Jewish settlement expansion.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended a visit to Washington amid a continuing rift over Israeli construction in disputed East Jerusalem.  U.S. President Barack Obama failed to persuade Mr. Netanyahu to halt building projects in East Jerusalem, which the United States sees as the capital of a future Palestinian state.

Full story: Netanyahu Ends US Visit Without Resolving Settlement Dispute- VOA