settlements

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Well, the basic decision to pull out from Gaza and from the settlements was already made unilaterally because, at that time, the Palestinians were not ready and they didn't have a leadership that was willing to cooperate with us.

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  1. noun The act or process of settling.
  2. noun Establishment, as of a person in a business or of people in a new region.
  3. noun A newly colonized region.
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  • The larger portion of their settlements were always under water, normally on the coastline of some island land mass so that shafts of fresh air could be brought into the undersea areas. —  Division 3
  • Well, the basic decision to pull out from Gaza and from the settlements was already made unilaterally because, at that time, the Palestinians were not ready and they didn't have a leadership that was willing to cooperate with us. —  CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2005
  • I mean, obviously, on the surface, the pullout from Gaza, the removal of the settlements could be a good thing, a positive thing. —  CNN Transcript May 30, 2004
  • JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: But there's no doubt in any rational analyst's mind that the settlements are the major obstacle to peace. —  CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2007
  • I think that even the settlements is an excuse. —  CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2003
 

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