Sentence examples for settlement building up from inspiring English sources

A tell is a mound that marks the site of an ancient settlement (it is the result of debris from human activity in the settlement building up over the years).

Israel's settlement building up sharply in 2013, report says.

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has said that he could not continue in the month-old talks if settlement building started up again.

On Tuesday Abbas accused Israel of a "criminal offensive" to step up settlement building in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Building up settlements, confiscating Palestinian land and adjusting the route of Israel's border-security fence to include adjoining areas of the West Bank all fuel the fears of many Palestinians that a viable Palestinian state may soon no longer be possible.

They cultivated corn, beans, rice, peanuts, cassava, millet and tobacco, selling the surplus in Tanzanian markets and building up businesses in the settlements.

Peace Now, an Israeli group that monitors settlement building, says that 493 new housing units have gone up east of the planned barrier in the past year, in outposts and older settlements.

Now Mr. Barghouthi comes up with another dead-end version: Israeli settlement building, he says, means that the Palestinians have to unilaterally declare an independent state.

With comments and financial settlements like these, you can see why siege mentalities are building up in town halls across Wales.

Pressure has been building up in the European Union for tougher measures to punish Israel for its settlement activity.

Settlement building in the West Bank accelerated.