Sentence examples for settlements said from inspiring English sources

The progenitor of the settlements, said another, was about to destroy his own creation.

Harrisburg lawyer Ben Andreozzi, who helped negotiate several of the settlements, said his clients were satisfied.

Oxfam is opposed to all trade from Israeli settlements," said the spokesman.

"Yes, he made a strong statement about settlements," said Zalman Shoval, an adviser to Mr. Sharon.

Adi Mintz, general manager of the Settlers Council, which represents the settlements, said the protesters would make every evacuation difficult.

"There will be no peace without taking down settlements," said Mr. Ben-Eliezer, the defense minister in the unity government.

"Looking for loopholes and hidden agreements that have often existed in the past with Washington, [Netanyahu] has been flummoxed by an unusually united line [on settlements]," said Laura Rozen in Foreign Policy magazine.

Danny Dayan, chairman of the Yesha Council of Settlements, said construction would resume across the West Bank tomorrow.

The Bank for International Settlements said borrowing among banks in the euro zone fell drastically from 2008 to 2011, as local firms reduced international lending by 43 percent.

The biggest decline was in foreign bank lending to the Greek government as well as Greek banks, the Bank for International Settlements said, and it fell $27 billion.

Government "debt holdings are an important drag on banks' efforts to regain the trust of their peers and the markets at large," the Bank for International Settlements said.