ble one for Abbas and his government. Settlement tenders and approvals in the West Bank rose to such an extent that the anti- settlement organization Peace Now named 2012 “the year of the settlement,” with the Ministry of Defense authorizing an additional 6,000 housing units and Netanyahu pushing for the con

ble one for Abbas and his government. Settlement tenders and approvals in the West Bank rose to such an extent that the anti- settlement organization Peace Now named 2012 "the year of the settlement," with the Ministry of Defense authorizing an additional 6,000 housing units and Netanyahu pushing for the con

e past. There had been some opposition to the war: from parts of Labor, from political groups further to the left and particularly the pressure group Peace Now, formed in 1978 to protest the Begin government’s obvious desire to use the peace with Egypt as a means to limit, rather than actively explore, prosp

e past. There had been some opposition to the war: from parts of Labor, from political groups further to the left and particularly the pressure group Peace Now, formed in 1978 to protest the Begin government's obvious desire to use the peace with Egypt as a means to limit, rather than actively explore, prosp