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Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "unproductive" visit to Washington, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns said on Tuesday said that the Obama administration does not "accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements". Only days after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Tel Aviv's "unprecedented" steps, Burns offered a correction in tone:

We consider the Israeli offer to restrain settlement activity to be a potentially important step, but it obviously falls short of the continuing Road Map obligation for a full settlement freeze.

Obama administration is committed to achieve two states living side by side in peace and security

A Jewish state of Israel, with which America retains unbreakable bonds, and with true security for all Israelis; and a viable, independent Palestinian state with contiguous territory that ends the occupation that began in 1967, that ends the daily humiliations of Palestinians under occupation, and that realizes the full and remarkable potential of the Palestinian people...