The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics today published data on construction starts in Israel and the West Bank,
indicating that in the second quarter of 2018, 794 new apartments were built in the settlements, compared with only 279
in the first quarter. In the first half of 2018, construction began on 1,073 settlement housing units, compared to 870
in the first half of 2017. Peace Now: The Netanyahu government continues to destroy the chances for peace. Further
construction in the settlements undermines Israel's interest in reaching a two-state solution, as such a solution will
not be stable without a viable Palestinian state, which settlements increasingly threaten. Unfortunately, since Trump's
election, we have seen a sharp increase in the approval of the plans and tenders, and now we are beginning to see the
consequences of these approvals on the ground.
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