Mideast Unrest
( Uriel Sinai, Getty Images / September 8, 2011 )An Israeli boy lies on a hammock at a coffee shop next to a part of Israel’s separation barrier on Thursday, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon. The United States is to send a diplomat to visit the West Bank in a last-ditch attempt to dissuade the Palestinians from going to the UN to try to and become a full member state with the U.S. saying it would veto the move at the UN security council.

Mideast Unrest

( Uriel Sinai, Getty Images / September 8, 2011 )An Israeli boy lies on a hammock at a coffee shop next to a part of Israel’s separation barrier on Thursday, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon. The United States is to send a diplomat to visit the West Bank in a last-ditch attempt to dissuade the Palestinians from going to the UN to try to and become a full member state with the U.S. saying it would veto the move at the UN security council.