US envoy asks Israel to freeze settlements

A US diplomatic team is visiting the Middle East this week to discuss sensitive issues like Iran´s nuclear program and the Israeli-Palestine peace process, with political leaders in Syria, Egypt and Israel.

The Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today and one of his tasks was to convince the Israeli government to freeze settlements in Palestinian territories. But even as Mitchell meets Israeli leaders, settlers are erecting new communities. FSRN´s Ghassan Bannoura reports.