NPR's Mike Shuster reports on Israel's settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. The settlements were a key issue at last summer's Camp David peace summit, and one of the major reasons for the summit's failure. The settlements have continued to grow since the Oslo peace process began in 1993. There are now an estimated 200-thousand Israelis living in the occupied territories, and the cost of defending them in the midst of the Palestinian uprising has prompted fresh debate in Israel about the wisdom of retaining the settlements.
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