The settlement moratorium is set to expire on September 27, 2010. While existing restrictions on settlement construction have had no lasting impact, their extension beyond 2010 would affect the pace of expansion as building now underway is completed without being replenished by new construction starts.

The Administration has little to show for its year long effort to freeze settlements as the way to launch peace talks, given the loopholes in Israel’s temporary moratorium and Netanyahu’s vow not to renew it.

February 7 - March 31

No freeze in road construction; compensation to those affected by moratorium; government of Israel ignores High Court order on outpost of HaYovel; interview with YESHA director Naftali Bent; quote from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at White House on July 6, 2010.

A chronology of the Palestinian Authority's boycott of goods produced in West Bank settlements.

Moshe Arens | Ha'aretz | June 2, 2010

Settlers opposed to government efforts to curb settlement expansion have adopted what they call the “price tag” policy, according to which settlers exact a price for government efforts by attacking Palestinians and their property.

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