250mln dlrs for settlements in Israel budget: radioIsrael Israel, in the Bible Israel (ĭz`rēəl, ĭz`rāəl) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the chosen people of God. plans to allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. 250 million dollars over the next two years for settlements in the occupied West Bank despite US pressure to halt settlement activity, army radio said. The figure is contained in the 2009-2010 budget, which passed its first reading in the Knesset parliament last week, it said. Some 125 million dollars (90 million euros) is to be used for various security expenses, with most of the rest destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for housing construction, it said. The Peace Now anti-settlement watchdog said that the settlement spending in the two-year budget was likely to be higher and "spread over several sections of the budget." "The official figures are nothing but the tip of the iceberg tip of the iceberg n. pl. tips of the iceberg A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden: afraid that these few reported cases of the disease might only be the tip of the iceberg. and the Israelis will pay not only a political price for the settlements, but also an economic one," the head of the group Yariv Oppenheimer said. Israel's two-year 159-billion-dollar budget must pass two more readings in the Knesset. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has been pressing Israel to stop all activity in West Bank settlements, which the international community considers illegal and which are among the main obstacles in the stalled stall 1 n. 1. A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed. 2. a. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market. b. Middle East peace process. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to bow to the US demands, vigorously opposed by most of his largely right-wing government, saying that construction for population increases would continue. More than 280,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, which Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 Six Day War. 
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