Many of them had already left the area for settlements further to the west.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Some Indians did not want anyone to get too near their settlements.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The area had a few settlements established by people of the frontier.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

the ax has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Settlements grew from the missions along the California coast.

VOA: special.2010.12.29

Barak says Mr.Netanyahu has made concessions: Israel says it will not build new settlements, but will only allow "natural growth,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

The settlements, whose growth has been promoted by past Israeli governments, are home to hundreds of thousands of Israelis.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

U.S.officials have put pressure on the Israeli government to halt construction of settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Mr.Netanyahu imposed the construction freeze under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

They live above the Mountain Aquifer, which the Palestinians share with Israel and its settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

They demand that Israel freeze all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank before any negotiations start.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

Israeli proponents of the settlements say the existence of the communities is necessary for the survival of the Jewish State.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Those disagreements center on U.S.calls for Israel to freeze construction on Jewish settlements on lands claimed by the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

Israel says it will not build new settlements, but it reserves the right to build in existing communities to accommodate "natural growth."

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

Her comments in Jerusalem Saturday praising Israel's offer to limit the expansion of Jewish settlements were widely criticized in the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

(Speech) He said the Israeli government is strangling the settlements and residents have a legitimate right to resist.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Israel has offered to restrain construction on settlements in the West Bank, but has made no offers regarding construction in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Palestinians see the West Bank settlements, home to about 300,000 Israelis, as an obstacle to the creation of a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defends its policy saying the construction within existing settlements is necessary to accommodate natural growth.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Palestinian officials say the Obama administration is encouraging Israel to sidestep a 2003 agreement calling for a complete halt to those settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02