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

Settlements grew from the missions along the California coast.

VOA: special.2010.12.29

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

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

Nearly 300,000 Israelis live in the West Bank settlements, which are on lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab Israeli war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"Our report shows that the construction in the settlements never stopped and this is not a settlement freeze,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

About 10,000 Jewish settlers gathered in Jerusalem to protest the government's freeze on construction in West Bank settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

" These obligations include the total freeze of settlements including the natural growth in all the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem."

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Israel wants negotiations without preconditions and is ready to offer no more than a partial, temporary freeze on construction in the settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

Speaking on Israeli radio Sunday, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat reaffirmed there would be no return to talks unless Israel freezes settlements first.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

The Palestinians insist they will not go back to negotiations until Israel freezes all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss West Bank settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13