61. Government spokesman Haile Kiros Gessesse said late Thursday that Ethiopia was pressing the fight and would keep doing so until Eritrea gave up its last stretch of disputed land. 62. Hard-line Israeli governments have in the past encouraged settlement in disputed lands by offering private contractors subsidies, which in turn trickle down to homebuyers. 63. He advocates Jewish settlement in the disputed lands. 64. Government commissions had apparently given both groups title to the disputed land. 65. He complained that Israel had failed to carry out promised West Bank troop withdrawals and built Jewish settlements on disputed land. 66. He has said talks could not resume unless Israel halted construction on disputed land in Jerusalem and in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. 67. Hard-line Israeli governments have in the past encouraged settlement on disputed lands by offering private contractors subsidies, which in turn trickle down to homebuyers. 68. He opposes the formation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and wants to hold on to large parts of the disputed land. 69. He accelerated Jewish settlement in disputed lands in what appeared to be an attempt to kill all hopes for a Palestinian state. 70. He wanted to stop Israel from making peace with Palestinians through the transfer of disputed land. |