Israel Continues West Bank Settlements Building Apace

Israel's largest extra-parliamentary and oldest peace movement, Peace Now, has presented evidence that shows Tel Aviv is not fulfilling its promise to freeze West Bank construction activities.

According to data gathered by Peace Now, the rate of construction in the West Bank was far more than any other area in the occupied Palestinian lands.'

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Israeli Settlers Threaten To Make Palestinians 'Pay The Price' Over West Bank

Radical Israeli settlers are threatening to unleash a campaign of violence against their Palestinian neighbours after a government order suspended construction of Jewish homes in the occupied West Bank.

Mounting discontent over the building ban, announced at the end of November, has already manifested itself in a series of scuffles between egg-throwing settlers and Israeli police officers.
But this week hardline Jewish activists have signalled a change of tactic by circulating calls for Palestinian civilians to pay the price for the settlement freeze.'

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