Sentence examples for settlements expanded from inspiring English sources

But then it stalled; Jewish settlements expanded, and in many places, Palestinians found that the soldiers had moved just outside town.

DEADLINES missed, settlements expanded, the peace process stalled: a glance at the past three years suggests it would be reckless to entrust Binyamin Netanyahu with parish-pump negotiations, let alone the future of the Middle East.

Israeli-themed mementos fell out of favor in the late 1990s as peace talks foundered, the Israeli settlements expanded and Hamas carried out a suicide-bomb campaign inside Israel.

During 150 years of industrialization, the region underwent strong spatial changes as settlements expanded and economic activity accelerated.

Archaeological evidence indicates that at the same time, human agricultural settlements expanded into this area during the Middle Neolithic Period.

"5 Broken Cameras" traces the story of Burnat, a Palestinian olive farmer, and his village's nonviolent response as Israel's settlements expanded into Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank.

That process has continued with settlements expanding in defiance of Obama's urging.

If there is to be a two-state solution, it cannot be that the physical space for a Palestinian state keeps diminishing, square meter by square meter, as settlements expand.

The perception among Palestinians is that the Israelis want to drag the process out, to build new settlements, expand existing ones, that Israel still controls their lives," he said.

And ironically, it is where the settlements expand while negotiating for a peace agreement that would return the land upon which those settlements are built.

Hardline right-wing Israeli politicians fill the airwaves with their extreme rhetoric and messianic ambitions, Jewish settlements expand and there are attempts to take over Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.