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The West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim.(Eyal Warshavsky / Jini) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 18:08 07/11/2007 Peace Now says West Bank settlements are still growing By The Associated Press tags: Peace Now, settlements  Israel is expanding most of its West Bank settlements despite a commitment to stop doing so as it tries to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, according to a Peace Now report released Wednesday. The report by the group Peace Now showed construction in 88 settlements in the West Bank, most of them located in large settlement blocs that Israel hopes to retain in a final peace agreement. Halting settlement growth is one of the first steps Israel is supposed to take under the U.S.-backed road map peace plan. Israel and the Palestinians have reiterated their commitment to the plan as preparations move ahead for a peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland at the end of this month. Advertisement "All that Israel is doing on the ground is of course an obstacle to all that we are trying to achieve," Rafiq Husseini, a top aide to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, said in response to the report's findings. The road map requires the Palestinians to end violence and crack down on armed groups. Neither side has carried out the steps the plan demands of them since it was first presented in 2003. The settlements are a key issue for the Palestinians, who want to include all of the West Bank in a future state. Along with the growth in Israel's officially authorized settlements, the Peace Now report said, settlers have put up at least 10 more permanent structures in some of the 105 unauthorized outposts built in the West Bank since the 1990s to prevent land from being turned over to the Palestinians. The road map requires Israel to dismantle all unauthorized outposts built since March 2001. According to Peace Now, 51 fall into that category. Of 30 outposts evacuated by the government over the years, only 12 were inhabited, Peace Now said. Of those, four were repopulated by settlers, three were moved, one is now maintained by the army and only four were completely dismantled, according to the report. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acknowledged this week that both sides have not fully implemented the road map, and said Israel was committed to doing so. But he did not say when or if Israel would freeze settlement construction or evacuate outposts. Related articles Barak seeks another extension on plan to evacuate outposts PA to pressure U.S. to support freeze on settlement building Yesha halts talks with gov't after settlement construction frozen Bookmark to del.icio.us Guest speaker Peres has been invited to address the Turkish parliament. Serve in the IDF? Not me Nearly 28% of Israeli males avoided conscription in 2007.   1.   Barak, Olmert, Livni, Ramon and Peres are shocked and surprised 17:11  |  Roger Bannister 07/11/07   2.   We Will Continue To Build Here In OUR Land 17:21  |  Yishai Kohen 07/11/07   3.   THANKS TO SETTLERS FOR MAKING ONE STATE SOLUTION A REALITY 17:22  |  TrippleJump 07/11/07   4.   Can`t wait till Palestine Annexes the settlers... 17:22  |  POP 07/11/07   5.   Peace Now a terrorist support group 17:28  |  Gee 07/11/07   6.   Israelis are pathological liars 17:29  |  Tim 07/11/07   7.   Fantastic news!!! 17:30  |  bat yam 07/11/07   8.   OUTPOSTS? SETTLEMENTS?BUILD JEWISH CITIES,MAKE HEBRON,GAZA JEWISH 17:30  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 07/11/07   9.   Thank G-D 17:32  |  Zev 07/11/07   10.   Peace Now says West Bank settlements still growing 17:35  |  Boris 07/11/07   11.   One can see why the Israeli MI is predicting a failure at Annapol 17:36  |  Esther 07/11/07   12.   Shame on Haaretz 17:48  |  Gil 07/11/07   13.   The Israelis are, of course, the biggest liars in the world 17:50  |  Clickfool 07/11/07   14.   Yishai Kohen 17:55  |  Isamayel 07/11/07   15.   Shame on you! 17:58  |  Mariano 07/11/07   16.   OUTPOSTS? SETTLEMENTS?BUILD JEWISH CITIES,MAKE HEBRON,GAZA JEWISH 18:05  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 07/11/07   17.   Isamayel And TrippleJump 18:19  |  Yishai Kohen 07/11/07   18.   Israel - a genuine partner that really wants peace? 18:33  |  Don Camillo 07/11/07   19.   don`t forget, Click 18:45  |  edgar 07/11/07   20.   Don Camillo- peace will never include ethnically cleansing Jews 19:04  |  Nachum 07/11/07   21.   Let`s all spend the next year in Judea and Samaria 19:17  |  Chaim 07/11/07   22.   Israel only understands war 19:29  |  Mike 07/11/07   23.   Yishai#17.... TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE AND APPLY IT 19:46  |  TrippleJump 07/11/07   24.   Only with Jews in Judea and Samara is peace possible 19:47  |  David 07/11/07   25.   LET THEM BUILD .... FOR THE FUTURE PALESTINIAN GENERATIONS 19:47  |  Octavius 07/11/07   26.   edgar 19:52  |  Stan 07/11/07   27.   #18 - there will never be a two State solution! 19:54  |  redmike 07/11/07   28.   #20, Nachum to Don Camillo... 20:06  |  Silvienne 07/11/07   29.   For Edgar # 19 20:07  |  Clickfool 07/11/07   30.   #13 oh you flatter us c`fool. you do much better than we do 20:07  |  Jasmine Murphy 07/11/07   31.   Mike- bring it on 20:15  |  Dani 07/11/07   32.   #15 - who is you ? 20:19  |  redmike 07/11/07   33.   More stealing 20:20  |  j 07/11/07   34.   YesMike,andArabs only understand Peace,kindness,tolerance, right? 20:24  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/11/07   35.   30 j & stealing. 20:49  |  curious 07/11/07   36.   West Bank growing 21:04  |  Amr 07/11/07   37.   Who is to blame?? 21:08  |  Cool B 07/11/07   38.   #30 - anyone that can write anything so dumb as .. 21:13  |  redmike 07/11/07   39.   #35 - is it possible to own land ? 21:16  |  redmike 07/11/07

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