settlements

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It is also reported that they include the organisations Nachala and Regavim, movements that promote settlements, as well as HaShomer Yosh and Amana, organisations that help to finance and assist unauthorised settlements known as outposts.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

With money in their pockets, many Hadzabe have gradually turned from their migratory way of life, staying in the same settlements for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Mamdani said those settlements were "returning the resources extracted by corporate greed back to those who needed it the most."

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“Los Angeles has seen a dramatic rise in lawsuits, settlements and verdicts against the city costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Future searches will be difficult: thousands of years ago, the melting glaciers raised the seas, inundating coastal settlements, if they existed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann