Sentence examples for construction of settlement from inspiring English sources

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been considering an additional 90-day moratorium on the construction of settlement homes in the West Bank in return for security and diplomatic benefits from the United States.

Mr. Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has been under heavy American pressure to renew a moratorium on the construction of settlement homes, a step aimed at getting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks back on track.

Earlier Sunday, at a meeting of his Likud Party ministers, Mr. Netanyahu also suggested that the construction of settlement housing should not be a matter of all or nothing, according to an official who was in the room.

The construction of settlement, road system, terraced fields from the pre-historical time has redirected the runoff and resulted in gully erosion which has the loess tableland dissected.

Simmering tensions have also flared up in recent month over Israel's ongoing expansion into Palestinian parts of Jerusalem and into the West Bank through the construction of settlement that violate prior peace agreements and are considered illegal by the international community.

The invasion of Lebanon and the construction of settlements both led to disaster.

Last year, Washington pressed Israel to halt all construction of settlements as a prelude to peace talks.

The Palestinians have long refused to return to the negotiating table unless Israel halts the construction of settlements.

Terrorism, the construction of settlements and the security wall are all contrary to international law and should cease.

So how are Palestinians to reconcile such support for Palestinian statehood with Israel's construction of settlements?

Israel has agreed to slow construction of settlements in the West Bank but has refused to halt building in East Jerusalem.