The Israeli ones were for larger water transmission networks between settlements — and to connect settlements to Israel's national water network, raising questions about Israel's long-term intentions.
This is not an official policy change, which could provoke intense political debate, but a quiet change in practice -- like a recent freeze in the authorization of new settlement construction and in the paving of "bypass roads" that connect settlements to Israel, circumventing Palestinian towns.
The longer the Israelis continue to settle the West Bank, and to cut roads through it that can often be used by Israelis only, the harder it will be to create a workable Palestinian state on contiguous land rather than a series of cantons criss-crossed by Israeli roads connecting settlements.
On all roads connecting settlements, we estimated traffic volume based on settlement sizes and topology.
Tristan sees a wide road being built to connect settlements on the outskirts of Bethlehem and Hebron to Jerusalem.
The remains of similar tracks have been uncovered nearby, connecting settlements on the peat bog; they include the Honeygore, Abbotts Way, Bells, Bakers, Westhay, and Nidons trackways.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, drew a distinction last week between boycotting products and companies connected to settlements and a more widespread boycott of Israeli institutions and goods.
The route provided a link between the two flourishing towns and connected the settlements on the banks of the Mississippi River in Tipton and Shelby Counties for trade and travel purposes.
The road was to run 21 mile from the mouth of the White River to the point where it was joined by the Second Branch of the White River, and connected the settlements of White River Junction, Sharon, and Royalton.
Roads run parallel to the coast and connect the settlements of Muaraaman, Curup, Bengkulu, Manna, and Bintuhan.
