Editing Israeli settlement (section)

===Pre Resolution 2334===
On 19 June 2011, ''[[Haaretz]]'' reported that the Israeli cabinet voted to revoke Defense Minister [[Ehud Barak]]'s authority to veto new settlement construction in the West Bank, by transferring this authority from the Agriculture Ministry, headed by Barak ally [[Orit Noked]], to the Prime Minister's office.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heruti |first=Tali |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/cabinet-votes-to-curtail-barak-s-power-to-veto-west-bank-settlement-construction-1.368517 |title=Cabinet Votes to Curtail Barak's Power to Veto West Bank Settlement Construction |work=Haaretz |date=2011-06-19 |access-date=2016-06-10 |archive-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622113655/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/cabinet-votes-to-curtail-barak-s-power-to-veto-west-bank-settlement-construction-1.368517 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, newly elected Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] said: "I have no intention of building new settlements in the West Bank... But like all the governments there have been until now, I will have to meet the needs of natural growth in the population. I will not be able to choke the settlements."<ref name=expand>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Netanyahu would let West Bank settlements expand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205101253/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians |date=5 February 2009 }}. By Mark Levie. [[Yahoo! News]]. Published 26 January 2009.</ref> On 15 October 2009, he said the settlement row with the United States had been resolved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1121965.html|title=Netanyahu: Israel and U.S. have resolved settlements row|access-date=19 October 2009|archive-date=20 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020112434/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1121965.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2012, four illegal outposts were retroactively legalized by the Israeli government.<ref>Peace Now, 1 August 2012 [http://peacenow.org.il/eng/Nofei-Nehemia ''The Government Secretly Approved another Outpost: Nofei Nehemia''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011230611/http://peacenow.org.il/eng/Nofei-Nehemia |date=11 October 2013 }}</ref> In June 2012, the Netanyahu government announced a plan to build 851 homes in five settlements: 300 units in [[Beit El#Ulpana lawsuits|Beit El]] and 551 units in other settlements.<ref name=PeaceNow_090513>Peace Now, 11 June 2012, [http://peacenow.org.il/eng/851newhomes ''The Compensation Package for the Settlers: 851 Units to Undermine the Two States Solution''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012044046/http://peacenow.org.il/eng/851newhomes |date=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/20126711518558607.html|title=Israel to build more West Bank homes|date=7 June 2012|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607183410/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/20126711518558607.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Amid peace negotiations that showed little signs of progress, Israel issued on 3 November 2013, tenders for 1,700 new homes for Jewish settlers. The plots were offered in nine settlements in areas Israel says it intends to keep in any peace deal with the Palestinians.<ref>[http://forward.com/articles/186796/israel-approves-construction-of--new-settlemen/ Israel Approves Construction of 1,700 New Settlement Homes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033112/http://forward.com/articles/186796/israel-approves-construction-of--new-settlemen/ |date=5 November 2013 }}. Reuters, 3 November 2013</ref> On 12 November, Peace Now revealed that the Construction and Housing Ministry had issued tenders for 24,000 more settler homes in the West Bank, including 4,000 in East Jerusalem.<ref>[http://forward.com/articles/187496/israel-plans--new-homes-for-jewish-settlers/#ixzz2kSmksaEr Israel Plans 24,000 New Homes for Jewish Settlers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003408/http://forward.com/articles/187496/israel-plans--new-homes-for-jewish-settlers/#ixzz2kSmksaEr |date=3 December 2013 }}. Reuters, 12 November 2013</ref> 2,500 units were planned in Ma'aleh Adumim, some 9,000 in the [[Gush Etzion]] Region, and circa 12,000 in the [[Binyamin Region]], including 1,200 homes in the [[E1 (Jerusalem)|E1 area]] in addition to 3,000 homes in previously frozen E1 projects.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Netanyahu-halts-E1-housing-tenders-amid-plans-for-24000-new-units-in-West-Bank-east-Jlem-331505 Netanyahu instructs housing minister to 'reconsider' plans for 24,000 units beyond Green Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123132908/http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Netanyahu-halts-E1-housing-tenders-amid-plans-for-24000-new-units-in-West-Bank-east-Jlem-331505 |date=23 November 2013 }}. ''Jerusalem Post'', 13 November 2013</ref> Circa 15,000 homes of the 24,000 plan would be east of the [[Israeli West Bank barrier|West Bank Barrier]] and create the first new settlement blocs for two decades, and the first blocs ever outside the Barrier, far inside the West Bank.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Potential-West-Bank-housing-plans-would-create-first-settlement-blocs-outside-barrier-route-331695 Potential settlement plans would create first blocs outside barrier route] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123132906/http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Potential-West-Bank-housing-plans-would-create-first-settlement-blocs-outside-barrier-route-331695 |date=23 November 2013 }}. Tovah Lazaroff, ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 November 2013</ref>

As stated before, the Israeli government (as of 2015) has a program of residential subsidies in which Israeli settlers receive about double that given to Israelis in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. As well, settlers in isolated areas receive three times the Israeli national average. From the beginning of 2009 to the end of 2013, the Israeli settlement population as a whole increased by a rate of over 4% per year. A ''New York Times'' article in 2015 stated that said building had been "at the heart of mounting European criticism of Israel."<ref name=Rudoren />