Sentence examples for settler constituency from inspiring English sources
Mr. Carter defies the clever but cynical strategy of Israel and the United States to demand that Hamas give up the only bargaining chips it has — renouncing violence and recognizing Israel — before engaging in the tough negotiations that experts agree will require Israel to confront its ever-expanding settler constituency and the Palestinians to confront their own extremists and irredentists.
Hagit Ofran, a spokeswoman for Peace Now, said the new housing plan was meant to mollify the government's pro-settler constituency and allow authorities to comply with the court order and avert a clash when evacuating Amona.
There is little question, though, that such support has been the will of the prime minister and his Likud Party, of which settlers are an important constituency.
THE reassurances Mr. Netanyahu offered the settlers and their political constituency were as well received as ever, despite being couched in honeyed clichés directed at nervous American listeners.
The Gaza disengagement plan had his own constituency, the settlers and the hard right, accusing him of weakness and betrayal.
But, disturbingly, it drew support from three parties belonging to the government coalition -- the Sephardic religious party, Shas; the National Religious Party, whose constituency includes Jewish settlers; and Yisrael Baaliya, a Russian immigrant party.
Lapid champions the secular middle class; Bennett's constituency is the settlers.
The settlers, in turn, have become a potent constituency of the right-wing political parties that support them -- a force powerful enough to command the actions of important ministers or to destabilize government coalitions.
But many Israelis were appalled by the deaths, perhaps especially because the victims were not soldiers or settlers, but members of the Israeli peace camp's core constituency.
This is one reason why settlers count for so much in Israeli elections, where proportional representation gives undue political leverage to even the smallest constituency.
