text: diEposal. (Mararlv, 21 August 1984) 257. Two new settlements nere reportedly 8et up ln nSanarla' during the gecond vteek of september 1984: nNahlielu - an orthodos settlement converted from I t{ahal outpost, Iocated north-rest of Ramallah, bettreen Neveh-Tzuf and Dolev, and nclvat-Ha levona n , a Gueh Emunim settlement created by the zionist Sederatlon and located 2 kilometres from shilo, north of Ramallah. orl 14 september 1984' it ras reported that the IDf. had prevented the settlers from placlng six house-trailers in the Tel-Rumelda slte slnce they flere acting sithout authorlsatlon or 5pproval. (Ha taretz, 13-14 september 1984) 258. On ll January 1985, tt was announced that a joint hbour-IJlkud foruo had aqreed upon the establishment of si:( new settlements ln the West Bank. The settlements, due to be set up by september 1984, are the folloring: - Avney-Hefetz, south-eaBt of Tulkarm and very close to the pre-1967 bor'ler t * Peles, non a military canp, in the northern aector of, the Joralsn Valleyt - MigdaLim' south of l,taraleh-EPhraim, on the eastern sLopea of the Samtrtan hillst - Asaa'el, in the southern Mount llebron area, - Neot Aduoin, near the Jerusalem-Jer icho road, and a sixth gettleoent, either Beitar or Tzoref, in Che Etzion bloc. The declsion was reportedly m€ant to implement a clause in the coalltion 69reem€nt and was described a6 a compromise betneen the confllctlng vieitg of Labour tnd Likud, which vranted settlement throughout lhe weEt Bank. The deciElon uaa reportedly expected to cost $5 milllon, but according to another source each neeA/40/702 Engli€h Page 92 settlenent ln the West Bank costs betrreen g2 and 92.5 milllon. Sources in the Agriculture Ministry said the decislon to eet up a nen settlement in the Jorilan Valley was inconprehensible 6ince the existing settlement6 in that region were in
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the establishment of new settlements in the West Bank, which suggests that the category should be related to politics, land use, or territorial issues. The text also mentions the cost of establishing these settlements, which implies that there may be economic implications.