'Obama pledges big movement' on carving up Israel

JERUSALEM – The Palestinian Authority expects "big movement" toward taking over most of the areas that would encompass a future Palestinian state by the end of the year, senior PA officials told WND.

The PA officials said the U.S. has been negotiating the borders of a future Palestinian state that would see Israel eventually withdraw from most of the West Bank and some areas of eastern Jerusalem with the exception of what are known as the three main settlement blocks – Gush Etzion, Maale Adumim and Ariel.