The state of israel wasenvisioned as a homeland for jewish people who had survivedthe horrors of the holocaust. But hopes for peace were quicklydashed, as violence broke out between israelis andpalestinians. The conflict has raged on fordecades, fuelled by israels continued settlement expansionin the occupied palestinian territories. There are now around 200 israeli settlements with some 600,000inhabitants there. The e un considers them illegalunder international law. But construction work continues. Maale adumim, situated on a platateau 7 kilomemeters eat ofjerusalelem, is the lalargest israeli settlement in the westbank. The new Us Administration couldhave a big impact on what happens here in the future. At present, it has 40,000 residents. But in the next 10 years, an additional 40,000 settlers willmove to maale adumim. Thats according to the mayorand his staff. Benny kashriel was at trumpsinauguration. He believes us policy is aboutto shift dramatically. We couldnt bubuild even abr