“Natural growth” is wrong

The next likely Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, tells Tony Blair that the illegal settlements in the West Bank are going nowhere:

I have no intention of building new settlements in the West Bank. But like all the governments there have been until now, I will have to meet the needs of natural growth in the population. I will not be able to choke the settlements.

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