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These findings provide further evidence of a continuing government policy of prioritizing settlement expansion, at the expense of the majority of Israeli citizens. A government committed to peace would not allow nor continue to build settlements, which inevitably harms the chances for peace.

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Peace Now: So long as there is no full settlement freeze settlements will continue to grow wildly. Quarterly Construction Starts in Settlements ( Data from the Israeli CBS) If compared to the final quarter of last year (October-December 2012), this is an astonishing 355% increase. This is three times as many construction starts compared to the same quarter last year (January-March 2012). Between January 2013 and March 2013 construction of 865 new housing units began. Despite the fabled 'settlement freeze' or 'restraint', construction continued uninterrupted. Many of the construction sites are east of the Separation Barrier, outside of so-called 'settlement blocs,' deep inside the West Bank, in areas that Israel would have to cede to Palestinian control in the context of any future Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.Ĭonstruction Starts in Settlements Reach 7 Year High Inside Israel Construction Starts Decrease.Īccording to recent Israel Central Bureau of Statistics data, construction starts in the West Bank skyrocketed during the first quarter of 2013. Between January and March 2013, construction of 865 new housing units began in the West Bank. Last week, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, a government agency, issued new data showing that in the first quarter of 2013, construction in the West Bank increased by 335% in comparison to the last quarter of 2012, and reached a seven-year high. As Peace Now points out, 'Any government committed to peace would not allow, nor continue, to build settlements that inevitably harm the chances for peace.''

Through building settlements in the West Bank, where the Palestinian state is to be established, the Israeli government is undermining the Obama administration's efforts to secure the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord that Israelis want and deserve, and which the United States needs in order to advance its interest in the Middle East and beyond.'ĭeLee said: 'We join our colleagues at Israel's Peace Now movement in calling on the Israeli government to stop settlement construction. APN's President and CEO Debra DeLee said: 'Thanks to Peace Now's diligent scrutiny of settlement construction data, we know that while Israeli leaders talk the talk about a two-state solution, their policies undermine it.