245. On 14 February 1985, the Prine Minteter Alternate and Fdreign Minister, Mr. Yitzhak shamir, said that withln tt{o or three years, the nunber of Jelttshsettlers in the West Bank would be t ice the present 50,000. nf am authorized totell you that nothlng has changed in our policy of settling western Eretz Ylsrael up to the Jordan. Settlement in every part of Che country rrill conlinue and nill noE be reversed or changed'r, Mr. Sbamir declared. In another declaration on the same day, Mr. Shamir stated that the colan Heights rrere an integral, inseparabl€part of Israel and not aubject to negotiatlons. Mr. Shamir was reacting to a stateRent by a United States official that the Golan was subject to negotiatlon. (Jerusaleo lrost, I5 February 1985) 249. On 1 lGrch 1985, it was reported that the WzO Settlenents Department nas planning the construction of six new settlements in 1985. Four rrould be ruralsettlement6t Neot-Adumin, Assael, Nigdalim and Maskot (in the Jordan V8lley). Theother trro, Beltar and Avnet-Hefetz, nould be urban settlements. The creation of the six settlements had been approved by tbe Government. A sp€cial budget noulal beallocated for the construction, in addition to tbe $30 milIlon, which is the Settlemene Departnentrs current budget for the development and consolidation ofexisting sett.lements. fn another context, the Housing Minlster, David Levy, announced that during the current year there would be 1,400 nen construction sitesin the West Bank and the caza Strip. (Eg:Elgg, I March 1985) 250. On 29 April 1985, Matt.ityahu Drobles, the co-chairman of the Jenish Agency'a Sebtlement Departmene, told representatives of the l3 Jewish settlements In theKatlf region in the southern caza strip that four or five nelr settlemEnts would bebuilt there in the next three years. nThere will be 5,000 families, which means
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the Israeli government's plans and policies regarding settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, specifically the construction of new settlements and the expansion of existing ones. This suggests that the category will be related to issues of territory, population, and governance.

**Category**
Settlement, Education