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Mr Indyk now thinks America should stand up to Israeli leaders when they plead political trouble at home to fend off pressure to curb settlements.

Every now and again secretary of state Condoleeza Rice visited Israel and gave a press conference to announce that she was telling the government to curb settlements.

Israel told him it would curb settlement growth.

And while the discussions covered many topics, in the end they came down to one stubborn goal: how to curb settlement construction.

The Israeli government has a plan for disengaging from the Gaza Strip that includes dismantling settlements, a step that seems in line with international demands that it curb settlement growth.

For Palestinians and the wider Arab world, and for Israeli public opinion too, this issue will be the first big test of the American president's determination to seek to make peace in the Middle East.Two past Democratic presidents, who both failed to curb settlement-building, cheered him on.

The settlements are illegal under international law, but Israel disputes this and has pressed ahead with its activity despite signing various agreements to curb settlement growth.

While in Israel, he pressed PM Netanyahu to accept a two-state solution and to curb settlement activity.

But whether this legislation will curb collusive settlements has become a hotly contested point.

Revelation of the plan comes when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government is already under pressure to curb Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, two other territories occupied by Israel in 1967.

Approval for 112 new flats in Beitar Illit, an ultra-Orthodox settlement near Bethlehem, was given despite a 10-month partial curb on settlement construction announced by the Israeli government under heavy US pressure in November.