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Peres: "Settlements Can't Be Evacuated"
[Jerusalem Post] Tovah Lazaroff and Jonny Paul - Vice Premier Shimon Peres said in London on Thursday that "the government cannot evacuate more settlements in Judea and Samaria," given that Israel has continued to suffer rocket attacks since last summer's withdrawal from Gaza. Peres said, "There is natural growth of settlements. The government does not fund this, it is privately financed. We cannot stop the children [of settlers from] building homes for themselves." His spokesman added that it had been the policy of the Israeli government to allow for natural growth construction in Judea and Samaria.