Mondoweiss, September 9, 2016

Elizabeth Trudeau of the State Department

MS ELIZABETH TRUDEAU: [A]lready this year, thousands of settlement units have been advanced for Israelis in the West Bank, illegal outposts and unauthorized settlement units have been retroactively legalized, more West Bank land has been seized for exclusive Israeli use, and there has been a dramatic escalation of demolitions resulting in over 700 Palestinian structures destroyed, displacing more than 1,000 Palestinians.