"A threat to their homes there is a threat to their only homes," says Dror Etkes, a left-wing anti-settlement activist.
Anti-settlement activists in Israel who monitor construction said that the bids for about half of the nearly 800 units to be built in East Jerusalem were not even new and had been previously published.
In the last two days of the campaign Netanyahu has tacked sharply right in a effort to secure re-election, addressing a rally in Tel Aviv organised by hardline pro-settlement activists and visiting the settlement at Har Homa in occupied east Jerusalem.
The more fanatical ones have continued building illegally, attacking Palestinians and generally showing contempt for the law, and the authorities seem to have been powerless to crack down on them.But in the last few years a small core of anti-settlement activists has become more aggressive too.
In the last two days of the campaign, Netanyahu has tacked sharply right in an effort to secure re-election, addressing a rally in Tel Aviv organised by hardline pro-settlement activists and visiting the settlement at Har Homa in occupied east Jerusalem.
Both the defence and housing ministries, which must approve construction in the occupied territories, have gone to pro-settlement activists.
However, as I walked down 44th Street towards the subway, an elderly man grabbed me and attempted to snatch my camera (I had seen the gun-toting Marzel use similar tactics on anti-settlement activists documenting his exploits in the West Bank).
At SandRidge, a settlement with activist investors led to four nominees of the hedge fund being put on the board and an agreement for the departure of the chief executive.
By the end of 2015, the lessons learned from DuPont-Dow were causing leading law firms to recommend settlement with activist investors rather than risk costly proxy fights.
Under the outlines of a proposed settlement, the activist hedge fund manager and two of his director nominees, Michael J. Wolf and Harry Wilson, will be seated on the board.
Andrew: Let's talk about activism in recent years, State Street has discussed settlements in activist situations and expressed a viewpoint that companies should think about engaging with their investors to seek their opinion about the preferred course of action.
