Sentence examples for commit to a settlement from inspiring English sources
Similarly, he seems to have believed that if he played hardball with the Israelis and got them to commit to a settlement freeze the Palestinians would come to the negotiating table.
Besides the rebels' abandonment (for now at least) of their independence demand and the government's move on political representation for the rebels, there are also signs that the authorities in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, are more committed to a settlement of the Aceh question than before.
"The violence could stop immediately if the Palestinians chose to stop it and commit to a negotiated settlement with Israel," said Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the league.
Smith later rowed back on the comments, saying that Isis would have to renounce all violence and commit to a peaceful settlement, which he acknowledged might never happen.
Washington has given up its efforts to persuade Israel to commit to an additional settlement freeze; the Palestinians refuse to negotiate with Israel as long as settlement building continues.
He called on politicians to commit to a 10-year funding settlement for the NHS.
The refusal of Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to commit to a two-state solution or halt settlement activity is feeding militancy and strengthening Mr. Abbas's Hamas rivals.
When Mr. Netanyahu visited the White House last week, Mr. Obama publicly pressed the Israeli leader to freeze settlements and commit to a two-state solution.
If Israel is serious about reversing past mistakes, it must commit to a full dismantlement of West Bank settlements and withdraw to the 1967 Green Line.
The Palestinian official said that unless the Israelis renew their settlement freeze and commit to a territorial solution based on pre-1967 boundary lines by then — an unlikely prospect in his view — the new round of contacts will end.
