Sentence examples for taken for settlements from inspiring English sources

Contrary to widespread perceptions of stalemate, the situation on the ground is far from static: more than 40% of the West Bank has already been taken for settlements, roads and military use, as have the majority of water and other natural resources.

Maori lands and forests were protected by the founding Treaty of Waitangi, signed with European settlers in 1840, but huge tracts of land were taken for settlement.

The European Union, Israel's biggest market, has reportedly prepared to sanction Israel if more Palestinian land is taken for settlement; last quarter, the Israeli economy shrunk for the first time since 2004.

Their land had been taken for settlement construction and now these ancient communities are dwarfed by the new Israeli apartment compounds that literally suffocate them.

The latest earnings were down partly because $1.6 billion was taken for the settlement.

Local settler leaders have made clear they would be happy if the land that is currently the site of the Palestinian homes is taken for Jewish settlement.

Mr. Salah, 44, a physiotherapist, said he and his brothers had built on land they had to buy after their family holdings had been taken for neighboring Jewish settlements and after their repeated requests for building permits had been denied.

Palestinian farmers do not distinguish between land taken for roads or for settlement expansion.

In this regard a major deficiency of the existing national approaches lies in the fact that, so far, only two countries have set clear political targets: Germany has set a target to reduce land take for human settlements and transport infrastructure to a maximum of 30 ha a day and Switzerland has set a target of limiting land consumption for residential purposes at 400 m2 per capita.

While Weill's foregone $25 million or so is a pittance compared with the $1.5 billion after-tax charge Citigroup took for regulatory settlements and damage reserves, the gesture shows that the events of last year aren't lost on even Wall Street's headiest head.

Just last week, Mr. Tawfik said, 23 villagers were hurt in a clash with Israeli soldiers who fired rubber bullets to prevent them from reaching farmland which he said had been sliced off by a road and taken for the neighboring Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh.