
U.S. officials in recent days expressed to the Palestinian Authority that  President Obama's administration is "disgusted" with Israel, a top aide to PA  President Mahmoud Abbas told WND in an interview. 
Nimr Hamad said the  White House was disgusted that Israel is refusing to halt all settlement  activity as a precondition for re-starting talks with the PA over the creation  of a Palestinian state. "Settlement activity" refers to Jewish construction in  the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem. 
Hamad repeated that the  term "disgusted" was used more than once in recent meetings with U.S. envoys to  describe the administration's attitude toward Israel. Hamad did not name the  U.S. envoys using the terminology. 
George Mitchell, Obama's envoy for  the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, just this week wrapped up a series of meetings  with Israeli and Palestinian leaders over re-starting talks. 
Senior PA  sources told WND yesterday the Obama administration urged them to begin publicly  pressuring Israel, starting in March, to immediately withdraw from key areas in  the West Bank and peripheral eastern Jerusalem sections in which the  Palestinians currently maintain administrative control. 
The sources  specified that as a confidence-building measure toward the PA, Israel will be  asked by the Obama administration to hand over security control to territories  designated in the 1993 Oslo Accords as Area B – referring to cities administered  by the PA but largely controlled by Israeli security. The specific section of  the Oslo Accords regarding control of Area B was finalized in  1995. 
Separately, a top PA source, speaking on condition his name be  withheld, told WND two weeks ago the Obama administration largely has adopted  the positions of the PA to create a Palestinian state within two years based on  the 1967 borders, meaning Israel would retreat from most of the West Bank and  eastern sections of Jerusalem. 
The official said Obama also accepted the  PA position that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations begin where they left off  under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who went further than previous Israeli leaders  in his concessions to the Palestinians. 
Olmert reportedly offered the PA  not only 95 percent of the West Bank and peripheral eastern Jerusalem  neighborhoods but also other territories never before offered by any Israeli  leader, including parts of the Israeli Negev desert bordering Gaza as well as  sections of the Jordan Valley. 
The official claimed the Obama  administration will still support the announcement of a Palestinian state within  two years.