All it took to force a negotiated settlement was for these dangerous men to show their faces in Dodge City.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

You had better all you people of the South prepare yourselves for a settlement sooner than you are prepared for it.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

For a few years, the settlement grew.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

"Israelis have facilitated greater freedom of movement for the Palestinians, and have discussed important steps to restrain settlement activity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Mr.Obama called for the creation of a Palestinian state and condemned Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

"We've called for a total cessation of all new settlement building for a period of 10 months,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

"He knows that this suspension of settlement construction is difficult, that it is not easy for anyone;

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

An aide to President Abbas accused the Obama administration of backtracking on its earlier promises to push for a freeze on settlement construction.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

and we are working with the settlement community to try to ease the pain involved because we know it is difficult for them,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Last week, Mr.Netanyahu offered to halt Israeli settlement construction in exchange for normalization with Arab states.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Israel has rejected U.S.demands for a total freeze on settlement construction, souring relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

The settlement issue will top the agenda when U.S.Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrives here this weekend for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

They said a settlement over distribution of profits with owners of multiplex theaters has paved the way for a number of new releases next week.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

President Obama called for a return to peace talks on Thursday, two days after the Israeli government announced a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Speaking on Palestinian radio, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said there will be no compromises from their side on their demand for Israel to freeze settlement activity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The delegation of 25 congressmen from the Republican Party blasted the Obama administration for pressuring Israel to halt settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat,speaking on Palestinian radio, said Mr.Abbas would tell Mitchell there will be no compromises from the Palestinians on their demand for a settlement freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Mr.Abbas has postponed elections indefinitely that were due for January, as some accused him of failing to persuade the Israelis to freeze settlement growth and grant other concessions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Mr.Netanyahu's support for settlement expansion has strained Israel's all-important relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Israel plans to build nearly 700 new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem, defying demands by the United States and the Palestinian Authority for a freeze on settlement construction.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

President Obama,in his speech to the Muslim world in June, called for Israel to stop settlement expansion in the West Bank and allow for the establishment of a Palestinian State.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Settlement activist Nadia Matar. "We elected him, the majority of the Jewish people elected him to fight for Zionism, and to continue Zionism and the settling of the Land of Israel,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

They were expecting a much stronger intervention by Obama last year,in 2009, when Obama stepped back from his demand for a complete settlement freeze and this led Palestinians to feel betrayed and abandoned."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

The issue is far from being settled. The United States has called for Israel to freeze settlement construction, but in response Israel insisted the freeze would be time-limited and exclude settlements currently under construction.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

"This is a clear decision and a clear message, not just for Palestinains but for the American administration itself that Israel is not willing and is not ready to stop settlement activities and much more important than this, that they are not ready for peace,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comes to Cairo after angering many Arabs by offering praise for an Israeli offer to curb settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land, an offer that was met with outrage by many Arabs, who continue to demand Israel halt all construction.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

When I say that the Israeli government is making an unprecedented offer even though it is not what many would hope for and even though our position remains the same that settlement activity is not legitimate - nevertheless it holds out the promise of moving a step closer to a two-state solution,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.02