(New York Times) - The Israeli Interior Ministry released figures on Tuesday showing that the number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip had increased by 16% in the last three years, to 236,381 - about double the number that existed when Israel signed the Oslo Accords in 1993. "The way the Israeli government sees it is there will be no additional building outside the authorized municipal parameters of the existing settlements, but inside the settlements one cannot stop life going on," said Zalman Shoval, foreign affairs adviser to Sharon. In Neve Dekalim in Gaza, the number of families has grown from 480 to 520 in the last three years.
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