Back Panel Quote
Settlement Report | Vol. 6 No. 5 | September-October 1996- News
- Netanyahu Government Highlights Settlement Program
- Sharon Emerges as Key Player in Likud Settlement Policy
- To Our Readers
- Building Quietly on the Golan
- Palestinians Condemn Netanyahu's Settlement Actions
- Mubarak and Clinton Address Settlements
- Netanyahu Aims to Match Labor Settlement Record
- Back Panel Quote
"Under the Labor government of Mr. Rabin and Mr. Peres, the Jewish
population in the areas of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza grew by 50
percent--roughly at a rate of 10 percent a year.
This is natural growth. These are living communities; they have families, people get married, they have children. Because of the cost of housing in Israel, which is so high, people move [to these areas] to find cheaper housing. So there's been a natural growth in the existing communities. I assume that no one here is expecting us to do less than the Labor government on this point."
This is natural growth. These are living communities; they have families, people get married, they have children. Because of the cost of housing in Israel, which is so high, people move [to these areas] to find cheaper housing. So there's been a natural growth in the existing communities. I assume that no one here is expecting us to do less than the Labor government on this point."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
at a joint press conference with President Clinton
Washington, D.C., July 10, 1996
at a joint press conference with President Clinton
Washington, D.C., July 10, 1996
