They have come because they believe in the Land of Israel. We will continue to grow exponentially. We can't be stopped. Ben-Nun argues that such a total settlement freeze is necessary to end the violence. It is clear to everyone that the settlements are the major cause of this intifada.
Settlements are violence.
The Palestinians must stop the violence, we must stop our part of the violence, too. All settlement activity must stop immediately. The Palestinians should not be rewarded for their violence, and I don't have to put a freeze on settlements in exchange for their promise to stop trying to kill me. Spokesmen for the Foreign Ministry, headed by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Labor, declined to respond to questions about the new construction in the territories. Now, at the very least it serves as a convenient phrase to bind together the wildly differing positions that comprise the national unity government.