The US president, Barack Obama, is preparing for his first official trip to the middle east this week.

But the whistlestop tour of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan is not expected to yield much in the way of concrete results.

Israel's government has frequently riled the White House, lately with a declaration to plan thousands more settler homes.

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