On the subject of settlements, General Powell said he wanted to bridge the deep differences between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
The truth is there are diverse views on the subject of settlements in the American Jewish community, as in Israel.
I was struck by the fact that as recently as the time of Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to the Middle East, American television had barely raised the subject of settlements in the occupied territories.
The return of the painting is yet another happy restitution claim for the family, which over the years has had many other art objects — paintings, tapestries, silver and more — either returned to them or become the subject of settlements.
On the subject of settlements, Netanyahu vowed: "As long as the Likud is in power, there will be no concessions or withdrawals [from the occupied territories]." And returning to one of his key themes in the media blitz he has launched in recent days, Netanyahu once again accused a conspiracy of foreign governments and Israel's leftwing of plotting to bring him down.
It doesn't involve the large-scale fraud which contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, which until now has been the subject of settlements involving the SEC, the Justice Department, and (in the case of foreclosure fraud) most of the states as well.
"The act is currently the subject of dispute settlement proceedings involving four countries through the World Trade Organisation and an international legal challenge," the budget papers say.
Addams was self-conscious about speaking for others: "I never addressed a Chicago audience on the subject of the Settlement and its vicinity without inviting a neighbor to go with me, that I might curb my hasty generalization by the consciousness that I had an auditor who knew the conditions more intimately than I could hope to do" (TYH 80).
The subject of Israeli "settlements" in the West Bank was not a new issue even then.
