Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends a Kadima party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem January 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush has called the expansion of Jewish settlements on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood an "impediment" and said he would discuss it with Olmert during his trip to the region, which begins on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM)