Sentence examples for settlements built from inspiring English sources

There are also disputes between reception villages and new settlements built by repatriates.

All settlements built on occupied or annexed land are illegal under international law.

The United Nations considers all Israeli settlements built beyond the 1949 armistice lines illegal.

Or how about removing the illegal West Bank settlements built by renegade settler groups against the will of Israel's government.

Old timers speak wistfully about Sea Breeze and Manilla Village, settlements built on stilts in the marshes.

The Qatari statement, in the Arab League's name, thus implied that some Jewish settlements built on occupied land in the West Bank could remain part of Israel.

An Israeli court would never enforce the principle of international law that says all settlements built in the occupied West Bank are illegal.

Egypt is in the midst of a severe housing shortage, with the government demolishing some of the illegal settlements built by those in need of shelter.

The ancient city of Troy, for instance, is actually numerous settlements, built one on top of the other over the centuries.

In Beitar Illit, farmers from the village of Husan enter daily in cars and on donkeys to work their lands in the valleys among the settlements' built-up hills.

There are also some 100 outposts - small settlements built without the Israeli government's authorisation - across the West Bank.