We don't know how or if this will impact the work to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but the Trump Administration says it still believes that continued construction of Israeli settlements won't help that process.
And I purposefully haven't read this until now to try and give you a true reading of the book that I read fifteen odd years ago — more than that in fact — and that ended up being a big part of my life.
Many of these old wooden flats still exist on the outskirts of the city, and people continue to live there because they simply can't afford to move into newer stone apartment buildings.