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UN chief is shown Israeli settlements, barrier
Mar 20th, 2010 - Washington Post
ramallah, west bank -- the palestinian prime minister has taken u.n. chief ban ki-moon to a west bank observation point for a closer look at a large israeli settlement and israel's separation barrier.
ban's visit came a day after he and other majorQuartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity
Mar 19th, 2010 - The Raw Story
the quartet for the middle east on friday urged israel to stop building settlements and set a target for a final deal with the palestinians within two years. the israeli announcement of the construction of 1,600 new settler homes led
Israeli settlement crisis clouds Mideast talks
Mar 19th, 2010 - Reuters
in moscow was overshadowed by a serious row over israel's plans to expand settlements in occupied east jerusalemClinton Awaits Israeli Response on Talks Commitment (Update1)
Mar 16th, 2010 - BusinessWeek
march 17 (bloomberg) -- secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. is seeking assurances from israel and the palestinian authority of each side's commitment to u.s.-brokered indirect peace talks following a flap over israeli settlements
Envoy delays Mideast visit over Israeli settlement move, sources say
Mar 15th, 2010 - CNN
. the israeli ambassador to the united states has reportedly called the situation a crisis. the obama administration envoy, george mitchell, was expected back in the region to begin indirect talks with israeli and palestinian leaders
Israeli Settlement videos from YouTube:
22:46LIVE: Middle East Quartet orders to freeze Israel's settlement construction
The Middle East quartet has condemned the spread of Israeli settlements, and said there needs to be a move towards face to face peace talks. Negotiators have been meeting in Moscow in the latest attempt to get the Palestinians and Israelis talking again ...
2:00Palestinians struggle to impose settlements boycott
Israeli announcements last week of new settlement plans in east Jerusalem have raised tensions in the Holy City to their highest level in years, and prompted calls from the Gaza-based Islamist movement Hamas for a fresh intifada ...
7:59"Natural growth" of Israeli settlements
More at therealnews.com Israeli settlement construction, including "natural growth" hampers advancement of two-state solution
Israeli Settlement from WikiPedia:
Israeli settlements are Israeli-only civilian communities in the Israeli-occupied territories (lands that were captured from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War). Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The latter two areas are governed under Israeli civil law but all three territories are considered to be under military occupation by the international community.
Eighteen settlements formerly existed in the Sinai Peninsula and twenty-one in the Gaza Strip. All were abandoned as part of Israel's withdrawal from these areas in 1982 and 2005, respectively.
As of November 2009, approximately 400,000 Israelis live in the 168 officially-recognised settlements in the West Bank, and 280,000 Israelis live in East Jerusalem. Settlements range in their character from farming communities to suburbs to frontier villages, and, in the case of East Jerusalem, city neighborhoods. The three largest settlements, Modi'in Illit, Maale Adumim and Betar Illit, are cities with over 30,000 residents each.
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