The Italian government is trying to fix the problem with the construction of a seven billion dollar system of moving flood barriers.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Current construction of 2,500 homes in the West Bank will continue along with 455 additional new housing units approved this week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Residents of the West Bank settlement of Kedumim threw eggs at inspectors and clashed with police who came to enforce the construction freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

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

Palestinian officials said their decision hinges on whether Israel rescinds its plans to go ahead with more construction on lands that Palestinians claim as their own.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Taysir Dwayat is the father of Hussam Dwayat, a Palestinian construction worker who was shot dead last July when he went on a rampage with a bulldozer, killing three Israelis in Jewish West Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

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

So from that point of view I would give him a good score,". The Israeli public is divided on the settlement issue: The poll showed that 46 percent of respondents support continuing construction in the West Bank even if it means a confrontation with the U.S.- 44 percent were opposed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03