Sentence examples for while settlements from inspiring English sources

He said yesterday that he had been among those who, along with the late Haider Abdel-Shafi, had warned Arafat against negotiating while settlements were still being built.

While settlements may be considered an obstacle to peace, he said, the court was more used to dealing with crimes like mass rape or genocide.

For Palestinians, Oslo failed because Israel dragged its feet in ceding authority in the West Bank, while settlements there doubled in population to more than 200,000.

An out-of-court settlement for the typical mixed-file case might be $50,000 to $250,000, depending on the case, while settlements for other errors may be far less.

While settlements along major waterways could rely almost entirely on agriculture for food, groups whose access was limited to ephemeral waterways typically used farming to supplement hunting and gathering, relying on wild foods during much of the year.

But while settlements might enhance Israel's security for now by cushioning it against attack, he said, they were so provocative for the entire region that they would doom Israel in the long run.

All the while, settlement talks are continuing, The New York Times writes.

The PA is doing well by resisting pressure to resume negotiations while settlement construction goes on".

For months, Mr. Erekat had said something else: there could be no direct talks while settlement building took place.

The case was scheduled to go to trial last month but was postponed while settlement talks continued.

Despite that speech, as critics have noted, Netanyahu had done little to advance movement towards that goal, while settlement building increased during his premiership.