Photo Gallery The Settlement Question
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have declared a freeze on new settlements, but construction is continuing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This Sept. 2009 photo shows settlers and sympathizers protesting near the settlement of Maale Adumim.
Maale Adumim (2007 photo): US President Barack Obama praised Netanyahu for his "restraint" on the settlement question during the Israeli prime minister's visit to Washington two weeks ago.
An Arab man holds a sign in front of Israeli soldiers during a protest in the Sheikh Jarrah settlement in East Jerusalem in April 2010.
The West Bank settlement of Elazar (July 2010 photo): Israeli activists claim that new settlement construction projects are continuing despite the moratorium.
Israeli left-wing activists protest in the Sheikh Jarrah settlement: According to research by the New York Times, pro-settler groups in the US have raised over $200 million (155 million) in the last 10 years.
Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem: "Ongoing settlement construction is diminishing the chances of a two-state solution," says Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street, a lobby group founded in Washington in 2008 to advocate a critical view of the Israeli government.
