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Clinton Administration Sharpens Focus on Settlements
The Clinton administration is directing more critical public attention toward Israel's settlement expansion policies than at any time since it came to power in 1992. Read more

Settlers Demand More Tangible Support From Netanyahu
"The roots of the people of Israel are in the land of Beit El, Shilo, Betar, and Hebron. And not only will these roots not be torn out, they will be made deeper. "Our first answer," continued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a December 12 grave-side eulogy in the West Bank settlement of Beit El for a father and daughter killed by Palestinian gunfire. . . Read more

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Letter
Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding unilateral actions and settlement expansion.
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Settlement Timeline

Short Takes

U.S. Government Policy on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories -- 1967-1996
Israel's responsibilities in the territories it occupied in June 1967 are defined by the international consensus embodied in The Hague Convention of 1907 and the Geneva Convention of 1949. Paragraph 6 of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention on Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War states, "The occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into territories it occupies." Read more

Peace Now Report Shows More Than 4,000 Units Under Construction in West Bank Settlements
A November 1996 "Report on Building in Settlements" by the Israeli organization Peace Now disclosed that there are 4,094 dwelling units under various stages of construction in 31 West Bank settlements. Half the construction now under way is located at the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim near Jerusalem. Virtually all of the construction reported was initiated by the previous Labor government led by Shimon Peres. Read more

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Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai Read more