Sentence examples for the current settlements from inspiring English sources

Preserving the current settlements would transform Israel into a colonial oppressor state, and ensure perpetual violent conflict with three million Palestinians, the region's fastest growing population, who deserve a viable state of their own.

However, these old organic structures usually form the backbone and core of the later planned urban texture, and the irregular patterns in their form and morphology may often be partially or fully observed in the current settlements (Fig. 1).

Since 2003, when the current settlement rule was introduced, the commission has taken 29 such decisions.

The current settlement is substantively identical to one tentatively reached in 2000 under the Clinton administration.

The current settlement will not change the way swipe fees are priced and will prohibit future law suits.

The current settlement in Northern Ireland is not ideal, but it's probably better than any likely alternatives.

Palestinian officials say their central demand at the start of the talks is for the current settlement-building moratorium to be extended.

Nobody regards the current settlement as perfect but it is regarded as a valuable bulwark against any return of the troubles.

Left unresolved by the current settlement proposal are claims by the affected Gulf Coast states against BP for economic damages, which could account for billions of dollars more.

A small group of victims and their lawyers have been negotiating the current settlement for more than a year as part of the province's bankruptcy-ordered restructuring.

The E.E.O.C. first filed the lawsuit in 1971, and the current settlement compensates 156 black and Hispanic sheet metal workers for lost wages for the years 1984 to 1991.