West Bank Settlers Send Obama Defiant Message ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - July 30, 2009 - 12:00am In this land of endless history and ethereal beauty, several thousand Jewish settlers gathered on a dozen West Bank hills with makeshift huts and Israeli flags over several days this week to mark an invented anniversary and defy the American president, conveying to his aides visiting Jerusalem what they thought of his demand for a settlement freeze. » Read more