Report: “Israeli” Settlement Halt Not Real
A new report by "Israel's" Central Bureau of Statistics shows that Tel Aviv did not freeze its settlement expansion or even considerably halt it in the occupied Palestinian territories during a self-declared freeze.
According to AP, the number of homes built during the nearly 10-month halt declined by only about 10 percent.
The Bureau said there were 2,790 settlement units in various stages of construction in the third quarter of 2009, before the restrictions were imposed last November.
The number rose to 2,955 in the last quarter of last year, indicating a last-minute surge of housing starts in the days leading up to the freeze, which ends on Sunday 26 September.
In the first quarter of this year, the number stood at 2,517 with the freeze in full effect.
"Israeli" peace activists say there has been no appreciable decline in the settlement expansion since the declaration of the 10-month moratorium by Tel Aviv.
The activists say that the situation is largely the same in non-residential construction such as commercial buildings, small factories and schools.
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