Summary
[...] the US should focus on removing small clusters of settlements occupied by ideological activist settlers in places such as Nablus and Hebron that are troublesome and heavily tax Israel's security forces. [...] as difficult as a complete moratorium on settlement expansion will be, the US must still exert sufficient pressure on Israel to be sensitive to Palestinian and Arab sensibilities and stop major development projects in and around East Jerusalem.
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Getting It Settled
mORE THAN ANYTHING else, the existence of the settlements reminds every Palestinian of the Israeli occupation, and their expansion not only reinforces that painful feeling and humiliation, but suggests that Israel is intent on maintaining the occupation indefinitely.
Putting an immediate end to natural settlement growth, especially those which have become fully-fledged cities likeMa'ale Adumim, will be extraordinarily di...See the full content of this document
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