Sentence examples for settlements on land from inspiring English sources

But now discussions are under way that are focusing again on curbing Jewish settlements on land that would go to the Palestinians for a future state.

It has defied international law by proceeding with the construction of the apartheid wall and building settlements on land expropriated from Palestinians.

Jerusalem's city council plans to build three new Jewish settlements on land it occupied in 1967, in contravention of international law, it was announced yesterday.

Washington has long opposed Israel's policy of building Jewish settlements on land in the West Bank that would be claimed by the Palestinians in any negotiated "two state" peace deal.

On Monday, Ban criticised Israel for its continued building of settlements on land the Palestinians seek for an independent state and urged both sides to return to meaningful negotiations as soon as possible.

Her stance against Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians has been criticised by some in the pro-Israel community, but she has been received warmly by pro-Israel groups in the past.

We began our settlement on land captured in response to the Arabs' aggression during the 1967 war.

Development and promotion of the MIA led to large scale settlement on land described by Oxley 100 years earlier as "country which, for barrenness and desolation, can I think, have no equal".

When the sea channel separating the city from mainland was filled with earth in the 11th century, the city merged with the settlement on land, and soon, a single wall was built around the area of the present-day city core.

Israeli settlements, built on land the Palestinians claim for a future state, are widely denounced internationally.

Most countries consider Israeli settlements, built on land captured in the 1967 Middle East war, to be illegal.