Sentence examples for opposing settlement from inspiring English sources

An important element in many of the cases in which courts approved plan settlements that had not been negotiated with the opposing party is that the settlements were negotiated with and/or supported by the Creditors Committee, while the party opposing settlement was typically the debtor or an equity holder.

This fact is all the more striking given that his presidency has overlapped with governments that have been among the most right-wing in Israel's history — governments that have continually and openly defied American-led peace efforts and American policy opposing settlement expansion.

But there is a huge difference between opposing settlements and supporting the boycott of settlements.

Indeed, much of the Israeli and U.S. Jewish left wing takes that precise position: opposing settlements, as well as boycotts of them, because such boycotts are manifestly discriminatory.

Samantha Power, US ambassador to the United Nations, said Washington also strongly opposed settlement activity.

He insisted that he opposed settlement in that area but had to weigh the options available at the time.

In the last three months of 2010, work began on 427 new units, according to an analysis by Peace Now, an Israeli advocacy group that opposes settlement construction.

Secretary of State John Kerry brokered a deal to get the sides back into the negotiating room without an Israeli commitment to a settlement freeze, even though the United States opposes settlement construction.

To get beyond nothingness, Lapid has at the very least to declare that he opposes settlement building outside the blocks that Israel wants to incorporate through land swaps in any peace deal.

Hagit Ofran of Peace Now, an Israeli leftist group that monitors, and opposes, settlement construction, said Tuesday in an interview that no new bids had been published since January, although they are generally issued every two to three months.

Previous US administrations, both Republican and Democratic, dating back 40 years, as well as western European allies, have opposed settlement construction as an obstacle to a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.