A total of 205 new settlements have been established during the past five years, just about half of them on the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, according to a report to the World Zionist Organization Executive by Matityahu Drobless, co-chairman of the WZO’s settlement department.
Drobless predicted that between the next World Zionist Congress, scheduled to be held in Jerusalem December 7-14 and the one after that, approximately 10,000 more families will be living in settlements. World Zionist Congresses are held at four year intervals. Drobless said more settlement efforts should be made in Galilee.
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