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This article addresses the issue of the durability of peace
settlements, with South Africa as the illustrative case. Settlement
failure occurred as parties approached negotiation from different cultural
perspectives. These lead to fundamental disagreements about the rules
of good faith, the status of contract and approaches to dealing with
incommensurables. These disagreements undermine the fairness of the
original exchange, putting the legitimacy of the entire settlement at
risk. Post-settlement settlements allow for such eroded agreements to be
revisited and revised. The agenda should address the theme of relative
group status, the objective should be to establish parity of esteem.

The paper explores the idea of settlement in each of its three major senses: as a place of human habitation; as a fixed and stable order of habitation; and as a political consensus reconciling fractious groups. Arguing that traditional accounts of settlement depend, with a kind of pastoral nostalgia, upon a view of abstraction and social complexity as in themselves harmful, it follows through the implications of the concept for ways of dealing with the stranger, and it uses a drawing by the nineteenth-century indigenous Australian artist Tommy McRae, done about 1890 and entitled Corroboree, or William Buckley and dancers from the Wathaurong people, to propose a counterfactual model through which a settlement with the stranger might be imagined.

This JPS section covers items - reprinted articles, statistics, chronologies, and maps - pertaining to Israeli settlement activities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East-Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. Most items have been written by G. Aronson directly for this section or drawn from material written by him for "Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories" (published by the Foundation for Middle East Peace)

This section covers items——reprinted articles, statistics, and maps——pertaining to Israeli settlement activities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. Unless otherwise stated, the items in this section have been written by Geoffrey Aronson directly for this section or drawn from material written by him for Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories (hereinafter Settlement Report), a Washington-based bimonthly newsletter published by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. JPS is grateful to the Foundation for permission to draw on its material. Major documents relating to settlements appear in the Documents and Source Material section.

This section covers items––reprinted articles, statistics, and maps––pertaining to Israeli settlement activities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. Unless otherwise stated, the items in this section have been written by Geoffrey Aronson directly for this section or drawn from material written by him for Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories (hereinafter Settlement Report), a Washington based bimonthly newsletter published by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. JPS is grateful to the Foundation for permission to draw on its material. Major documents relating to settlements appear in the Documents and Source Material section.

Intro -- LIFE SETTLEMENTS ISSUES AND ANALYSES OF INSURANCE MARKETS AND POLICIES -- LIFE SETTLEMENTS ISSUES AND ANALYSES OF INSURANCE MARKETS AND POLICIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENTS: REGULATORY INCONSISTENCIES MAY POSE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- BACKGROUND -- LIFE SETTLEMENT MARKET ORGANIZED LARGELY AS AN INFORMAL NETWORK OF SPECIALIZED INTERMEDIARIES -- STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS OVERSEE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE LIFE SETTLEMENT MARKET -- REGULATORY INCONSISTENCIES MAY POSE CHALLENGES FOR POLICY OWNERS, INVESTORS, AND LIFE SETTLEMENT INTERMEDIARIES -- CONCLUSION -- MATTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: BRIEFING TO CONGRESSIONAL STAFF ON LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENTS -- BRIEFING TO THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING REVIEW OF LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENTS (LIFE SETTLEMENTS) APRIL 23, 2010 -- Briefing Outline -- Objectives -- Scope and Methodology -- Background -- Summary -- OBJECTIVE 1: LIFE SETTLEMENT MARKET ORGANIZED LARGELY AS AN INFORMAL NETWORK OF SPECIALIZED INTERMEDIARIES -- Life Settlement Market Organized Largely as an Informal Network of Specialized Intermediaries -- OBJECTIVE 2: STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS OVERSEE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE LIFE SETTLEMENT MARKET -- State and Federal Regulators Oversee Various Aspects of the Life Settlement Market -- OBJECTIVE 3: REGULATORY INCONSISTENCIES MAY PRESENT CHALLENGES FOR POLICY OWNERS, INVESTORS, AND LIFE SETTLEMENT INTERMEDIARIES -- Regulatory Inconsistencies May Present Challenges for Policy Owners, Investors, and Life Settlement Intermediaries -- Conclusion -- Matter for Congressional Consideration

This quarter began less than one month after the 20 January 2017 inauguration of U.S. president Donald Trump, whose stated positions on settlements and the two-state solution, at times contradicting decades of U.S. policy, had far-reaching implications for Palestinians. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was emboldened by the regime change in Washington and the new administration's lack of organization and experience. Within two months of the inauguration, observers marked a sharp increase in the demolition of Palestinian homes and in announcements of renewed Israeli settlement construction. In fact, just two days after Trump was sworn into office, the Jerusalem municipality approved the construction of 566 new housing units, which had earlier been delayed under pressure from outgoing U.S. president Barack Obama. And on 24 January, the Israeli government announced plans for 2,500 new settlement units in the West Bank. In early February, Israeli lawmakers passed the so-called Regularization Bill, retroactively legalizing the expropriation of private Palestinian land. As settlement plans continued to grow apace, the end of the quarter saw the submission of a measure extending Israeli sovereignty to Ma'ale Adumim before a Knesset committee. Some MKs were also considering the annexation of the E1 zone into Ma'ale Adumim, which would effectively sever the northern from the southern West Bank and create a impassable zone for Palestinians around East Jerusalem. Bedouin communities inside E1 resisted persistent expulsion threats and demolition orders, while the world's soccer governing body FIFA refused to take on the issue of soccer clubs inside settlements.