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Settlement councils. israeli farms flourish in the jordan river valley and israeli resorts line the shores of the dead sea. a lot of people don't realize this. they line the shore of the dead sea where palestinian development is not allowed. in fact, almost no private palestinian building is approved in area c at all, only one permit was issued by israel in all of 2014 and 2015 while approvals for hundreds of settlement units were advanced during that same period. moreover, palestinian structures in area c that do not have a permit from the israeli military are potentially subject to demolitio...

Peace can ignore the reality of what the settlements pose to that peace. but the problem obviously goes well beyond settlements. trends indicate a comprehensive effort to take the west bank land for israel and prevent any palestinian development there. today, the 60% of the west bank known as area c, much of which was supposed to be transferred to palestinian control long ago under the oslo accords, much of it is effectively off limits to palestinian development. most take taken for use by israel, simply unilaterally designated it as state land or included it in the jurisdiction of regional se...

Peace can ignore the reality of what the settlements pose to that peace. but the problem obviously goes well beyond settlements, trends indicate a comprehensive effort to take the west bank land for israel and prevent any palestinian development there. today the 60% of the west bank known as area c much of which was supposed to be transferred to palestinian control long ago, much of it is effectively off limits to palestinian development. most today has essentially been taken for exclusive use by israel, simply by unilaterally designated as state land or including it within the jurisdiction of...

Israeli farms flourish in the jordan river valley. israeli resorts line the shores of the dead sea. where palestinian development is not allowed. in fact, almost no private palestinian building is approved in area c at all. only one permit was issued by israel in all of 2014 and 2015. while approvals for hundreds of settlement units were advanced during that same period. moreover, palestinian structures in area c that do not have a permit from the israeli military are potentially subject to demolition. they're currently being demolished at an historically high rate. over 1,300 palestinians, in...

Of terrorism and stopping the glorification of violence. and we have called on them to continue efforts to strengthen their own institutions and to improve governance, transparency and accountability, and we have stressed that the hamas armed buildup and militant activities in gaza must stop, along with our quartet partners we have called on israel to end the settlement expansion of taking land for exclusive israeli use and denying palestinian development. toll reverse the current process, the u.s. and our partners have encouraged israel to resume the transfer of greater civil authority, the p...