The subjects were recruited by random sampling from either urban (278 subjects) or rural (325 subjects) settlements, and then stratified for large villages and sub-villages.
On the subject of settlements, General Powell said he wanted to bridge the deep differences between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
The truth is there are diverse views on the subject of settlements in the American Jewish community, as in Israel.
I was struck by the fact that as recently as the time of Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to the Middle East, American television had barely raised the subject of settlements in the occupied territories.
The return of the painting is yet another happy restitution claim for the family, which over the years has had many other art objects — paintings, tapestries, silver and more — either returned to them or become the subject of settlements.
On the subject of settlements, Netanyahu vowed: "As long as the Likud is in power, there will be no concessions or withdrawals [from the occupied territories]." And returning to one of his key themes in the media blitz he has launched in recent days, Netanyahu once again accused a conspiracy of foreign governments and Israel's leftwing of plotting to bring him down.
They are both repeatedly the subject of settlements, consent decrees, non-prosecution agreements, cease and desist orders and the rest of the regulator arsenal.
It doesn't involve the large-scale fraud which contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, which until now has been the subject of settlements involving the SEC, the Justice Department, and (in the case of foreclosure fraud) most of the states as well.
Based on field observations, it became evident that this large settlement was attributable to delayed compression of the deep peat layer, which was assumed at the design stage not to be subject to settlement.
There have also been talks in recent weeks between the two sides to revisit the subject of settlement, but they have made no real progress, people close to those discussions said.
