While visiting the West Bank, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry faced grim Israeli and Palestinian assessments of progress in peace talks.<br/> <br />Kerry urged Israel to limit settlement building in occupied territories in order to move forward with the peace talks.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"...We consider now and have always considered the settlements to be illegitimate."<br/> <br />Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says peace talks with the Palestinians have failed to make real progress.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I'm concerned about the progress because I see that the Palestinians are continuing with incitement, continuing to create artificial crisis, continuing to avoid, to run away from the historic decisions that are needed to make a genuine peace."<br/> <br />Top Palestinians have said an Israeli plan for 3,500 more settler homes in the occupied West Bank was a major obstacle to the success o
