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 Encyclopedia: Settler
Settlers are people who have migrated from the land of their birth to live permanently colonies controlled militarily by their home country.
Some historians maintain that Palestinians are descended mostly from Arab settlers in the Land of Israel (which the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed Palestine in 135 CE), after the Caliphate conquered the area in the 7th Century.
However, Israelis argue that Palestinians are descended mostly from Arab "settlers" in the Land of Israel (which the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed Palestine in 135 CE), after the Caliphate conquered the area in the 7th Century.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Settler   (1939 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'Settler'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Settlers are people who have travelled of their own choice, from the land of their birth to live in "new" lands or colonies (additional info and facts about colonies).
The colony concerned is often, but not always, controlled by the government of a settler's home country, and emigration is usually, but not always, approved by an imperial (A piece of luggage carried on top of a coach) government.
Settlers in hypothetical (additional info and facts about hypothetical) societies, such as on other planets, often feature in science fiction (Literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society) or fantasy (Imagination unrestricted by reality) fiction and/or games.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/settler.htm   (643 words)

  
 SETTLER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The term settler is not usually used in relation to the later histories of well-established and/or independent, postcolonial countries with continuing immigration, like the present-day US, Canada or Australia, where terms like immigrants are preferred.
It has been argued that Palestinians are themselves descended from "settlers" in the Land of Israel, after the Caliphate conquered the area in the 7th Century.
The word "settler" was not originally usually used in relation to unfree labour immigrants, such as slaves, indentured labourers, or convicts.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/se/Settler.htm   (379 words)

  
 Israeli settlement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The settlers themselves and their right-wing sympathizers prefer the term yishuvim (יישובים; singular - yishuv, יישוב) for settlements and mityashvim (Hebrew: מתיישבים; singular - mityashev, מתיישב) for settlers, which are more neutral, as they also refer to settlements inside Israel proper.
In at least one case, Hebron, the post-1967 settlers were condemned by an association of its pre-1929 Jewish inhabitants.
Settler leaders have rejected criticism of illegality and wrong-doing, protesting that they were participating in officially-sanctioned community planning initiatives.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli_settlements   (4077 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Israel settler families search for homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Settlers are currently embroiled in a campaign against Sharon's evacuation plan prior to the Likud referendum on May 2.
The settlers would be compensated under the plan, which is slated to be implemented by the end of 2005.
Some settlers say they would resist any dismantling of settlements, insisting the areas are part of the biblical land of Israel granted to the Jews by God.
www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/04/19/israel_settler_families_search_for_homes   (410 words)

  
 ei: Israel's Settler Rampage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Settler children in Hebron are taught to hold a racist contempt for Palestinians and could often be seen in Hebron's market harrassing aged Palestinian vendors and overturning their produce stalls, while the Israeli soldiers that accompany the children to protect them took no action.
The army remarked in its report on the incident that the settlers who carried out the rampage against Asira Al-Qibliya were "drunk", implying they were not responsible for their actions.
On 21 March, settlers spread poisonous feed and pellets across a large swathe of grazing land east of Yatta, 10 kilometres southwest of Hebron.
electronicintifada.net /v2/article3736.shtml   (1030 words)

  
 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Civilization II > Civ2-Strategy > Info: Settlers/Engineers (GL)
In addition, Settlers and Engineers require 1 unit of food support from their home city, which increases to 2 units of food if the government is Republic, Communism, or Democracy.
How long it takes for Settlers and Engineers to complete their tasks is very important to the course of your civilization, since it determines what a city can produce and how fast troops can move into position.
When a Settler in the middle of an irrigation (or any other kind of) project is assessed, the computer checks to see if it has accumulated enough charges to complete the task.
apolyton.net /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20497   (6869 words)

  
 Israel Rejects Last-Ditch Settler Protest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Settlers opposing the withdrawal hope to mass thousands of people in the border town of Sderot on Tuesday and march from there into Gaza's Gush Katif bloc of settlements, which is slated for evacuation.
Settlers said the order violated their democratic right to protest and said the army should operate against militants firing the rockets, not a peaceful demonstration.
About 9,000 settlers are to be uprooted from their homes, and most oppose the plan.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/01/international/i060427D62.DTL   (654 words)

  
 CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE , SETTLER VIOLENCE AND STATE INACTION DURING
It is important to differentiate between different kinds of settlers, between the settlers and the settlement movement, and between the individuals and groups prone to violent, vigilante action within the settlement movement and the non-violent majority.
The fact that almost all settler violence occurs in areas B and C, and that settlers are, as a rule, armed, means that the Palestinian police's ability to combat settler violence is extremely limited.
Some evidence points at settlers, but either there were no eyewitnesses, or it is unclear whether the victim was killed by a settler or a soldier, or where it is difficult to determine whether the attack was a car accident or whether it was intentional.
www.phrmg.org /monitor2001/apr2001.htm   (15954 words)

  
 Reuters AlertNet - Israeli settler kills 3 in bus shooting - police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Police said they believed the gunman was a settler from the West Bank who had left his unit after refusing to take part in Israel's planned withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip, which starts in two weeks.
Settlers, who have vowed peaceful resistance to the Gaza pullout, condemned the attack.
In the worst attack by a settler on Arabs, Baruch Goldstein gunned down 29 Muslim worshippers in the burial place of the biblical Abraham, the traditional forefather of Jews and Muslims, in the West Bank city of Hebron in 1994.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/L04663144.htm   (616 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He said the Disengagement Authority is attempting to devise a plan that would facilitate the settlers’ evacuation without IDF or police intervention.
The office has prepared an interim solution for settlers who have not yet decided on their post-pullout accommodations, he said.
He predicted the rate of compensation claims would rise as the disengagement nears, but added that the Disengagement Office’s ability to provide assistance would drop, as evacuated settlers would have to present documents prooving the size of their former homes from the local councils, which would cease to exist.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3107623,00.html   (536 words)

  
 Raising Yousuf: a diary of a mother under occupation: WSS: Weepy Settler Syndrome
The story is NOT about settler surfers having to leave the beautiful seashore they crave; or dismantling prized organic orchids or whatever the hell it is the settlers grow; or weeping over the agony of leaving their paradise on earth that God, according to them, said was theirs and theirs alone.
Settlers being “evicted” from their “homes” are not one of them.
Tell the settlers when the IDF will leave and the only settlers left would be the lunatics.
a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com /2005/08/wss-weepy-settler-syndrome.html   (3453 words)

  
 ei: Settler Violence
Settler violence against Palestinian civilians and their property has long been a feature of the landscape of the occupied territories.
Settlers are almost never held accountable under Israeli law and are 'protected' by Israeli soliders, who rarely take any action to protect Palestinians or international activists against settler attacks.
Settler attacks, arrests and denial of access in the Gaza Strip, PCHR (17 August 2005)
electronicintifada.net /bytopic/202.shtml   (338 words)

  
 israelinsider: Views: I am a settler
I am a settler, apparently I got up one day and felt like oppressing the poor Palestinians and stealing their land and that is the whole of my story.
Yes, these were the evil settlers pouring tea to their Arab guests of their home and enquiring about the health of their relatives.
What may surprise many is that most settlers long for these times again and dream of living side by side with Arabs or anyone in peace and harmony.
web.israelinsider.com /views/4500.htm   (1213 words)

  
 Soldier vs. Settler
Faster and safer transportation brought a rapid influx of settlers to the plains, which would in turn increase the demand for railroads, which would bring more settlers and so on.
But the settlers were not the only ones engaged in destructive behavior.
The railroad and the settlers battled it out in court and by late 1872, the affair had been settled and the troops left the next spring.
www.nps.gov /fosc/posofsek.htm   (1252 words)

  
 African American Review: 'The Old Settler' is far from settled - play by John Henry Redwood
One is that the central trope of "the old settler" seems mired in the confusion of the play's identity, which takes on elements of different genres--"Chittlin circuit" melodrama, domestic realism--and different theatrical works--e.g., Emily Mann's Having Our Say and Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky.
The one reference in the play to the term "old settler" occurs in its most demeaning connotation in Act Two, when Lou Bessie verbally attacks Elizabeth over her relationship with Husband, whom she is determined to win back.
The relationship of the term "old settler" to the church is not clearly delineated.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2838/is_n4_v31/ai_20425718   (1166 words)

  
 jt-050324-25
Lior and Orit Kalfa, sitting with their children, say they are still optimistic, but complain that the government doesn’t care about the settlers’ ‘day-after.’ “Nothing is ready for us, unless the state plans to erect a refugee camp inside the Green Line.
Recent reports in the press have spoken of a large number of die-hard settlers, prepared to use violence against the evacuating forces, but Naomi says she will not be among those, if they even exist.
The arid coastline north of Rafiah Yam is dotted with hothouses filled with fine crops, a source of pride for the settlers.
www.jewishtribune.ca /tribune/jt-050324-25.html   (2090 words)

  
 CNN.com - Israel completes settler withdrawal plan - Aug 23, 2005
In Homesh, a settler who was drunk was arrested after attempting to stab a soldier, IDF said.
Some settlers didn't wish to leave because they said the settlements are part of the traditional Jewish homeland.
In their final moments at the community that had been a home for many for decades, settlers sang, danced and prayed together with Israeli troops who were there to evict them.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/08/23/west.bank.pullout   (825 words)

  
 JoeSettler
As I write this we are waiting to hear from the hospital the condition of the Prime Minister; beyond that he has had a minor stroke we don’t know more at the moment.
These include a party's position rejecting Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, incitement to racism, supporting the armed struggle of a hostile country or terrorist organization against Israel, or a situation in which there is reasonable cause for suspicion that the party is meant to be a cover for illegal activities.
In a vivid example of life imitating art, Arabs in Jerusalem are rioting today, burning cars and attempting to break into Hadassah Hospital after one of their own was killed when he was caught in the midst of a car robbery during which he ran over a policeman.
joesettler.blogspot.com   (7888 words)

  
 settler_music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
"Settler seem to fill a comfortable gap between the hazy worlds of folk-pop drifting with pop-rock melodies and luscious harmonies....It takes something pretty special to set a benchmark for the rest of the year's releases as early as January, but I think Life Upstream might just be it"
Life Upstream is the first album by Settler.
Following Settler’s return to Ireland, Barry spent a couple of months mixing the album in his new studio, North Branch Studio.net, after which it was mastered by Roger Seibel in SAE, Arizona.
www.settlersite.com /settler_music.htm   (379 words)

  
 ABC News: Settler Extremist Detained in Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Police clashed with Muslim demonstrators after Israeli authorities limited the access of worshipers to the al-Aqsa mosque compound due to rumours of a march by Jewish extremists to the site, known by Jews as Temple Mount, holy to both Jews and Muslims.
JERUSALEM May 9, 2005 — Israeli authorities have jailed an extremist Jewish settler for five months without charges or a trial to head off violence aimed at stopping Israel's Gaza Strip pullout, and a newspaper reported Monday that senior army officers want dozens of other Jewish extremists arrested.
On Sunday, police arrested Neria Ofan, a 34-year-old settler in the West Bank, at an army roadblock, and said they plan to hold him until the end of September.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=740121   (444 words)

  
 IMEMC News - International Middle East Media Center - Settler who killed Palestinian flees
An Israeli source reported that a settler identified as Yehoshua Elitzur, 34, convicted of shooting and killing a Palestinian resident from Salem village, near Nablus, failed to show up at court.
The settler was accused with murder, but then the court found him guilty of man slaughter after failing to convict him, according to the Israeli Ynet news website.
After the settler, who was at house arrest, failed to report to the court, he was pronounced a fugitive.
www.imemc.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14153&Itemid=1   (401 words)

  
 ABC News: 400 Settler Families to Move to Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But while some settlers were beginning to reconcile themselves to the notion of being uprooted, die-hard opponents claimed victory after snarling traffic at more than 100 intersections with burning tires and sit-down strikes Monday evening.
Having exhausted all the possibilities in their fight against the pullout, settler families now "have to worry about an insurance policy," he said.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who has been negotiating the Nitzanim proposal with settlers, told Israel Army Radio that while the official settler leadership has been trying to make the pullout as traumatic as possible for settlers, another group of settlers is willing to enter into dialogue with the government.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=764149   (454 words)

  
 The Settler
JFC noticed that some of my links were broken and notified the person responsible.
Maybe you all could go by her blog and wish her a happy birthday, too.
In December of 1985 Sue and I were living in Tusay...
thesettler.blogspot.com   (1746 words)

  
 Parkson Home >> Lamella® Gravity Settler – LGS
The Lamella® Gravity Settler is a pre-assembled, modular, high rate inclined plate settler that uses a counter-current flow principle for effective solids removal.
In the Lamella® Gravity Settler, influent enters the unit and is distributed onto the plates through side-entry inlet slots.
The LGST is a high-rate gravity settler combined with a circular picket-fence sludge thickener/scraper in one tank.
www.parkson.com /Content.aspx?ntopicid=49   (474 words)

  
 Journal of Social History: A failed settler society: marriage and demographic failure in early Jamaica.@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A failed settler society: marriage and demographic failure in early Jamaica.
Jamaica was intended in the seventeenth century to be a genuine settler society similar to early Barbados and the eighteenth-century Chesapeake.
White settlers were unable to establish a growing native, born population.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:16106981&refid=holomed_1   (227 words)

  
 History of conflict fueled an Israeli settler rampage | csmonitor.com
The settler rampage that began after Leibovich's death and reached its peak Sunday left a Palestinian girl dead, and at least nine other Palestinians wounded, including an eight-year-old stabbed in his living room, and another eight-year-old shot in the arm.
With their ideology centered around 1929, and their view of themselves as redeeming the biblical "city of Abraham" for the Jewish people, the insular 400-strong group of settlers who live among 100,000 Palestinians are, in a sense, a group apart from the mainstream.
In April, a decision was taken to build permanent housing for settlers in the Tel Rumeida enclave, where settlers have been living in trailers.
www.csmonitor.com /2002/0731/p07s02-wome.html   (841 words)

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