Reneging on settlement pledges

Description

Reneging on settlement pledges involves the deliberate withdrawal from or non-fulfillment of previously agreed commitments in dispute resolutions or negotiated settlements. This strategy is often employed to gain leverage, delay obligations, or avoid concessions, but undermines trust and prolongs conflict. Remedies include establishing enforceable agreements, implementing monitoring mechanisms, and applying sanctions or incentives to ensure compliance, thereby promoting accountability and the sustainable resolution of disputes.

Context

Pledges can be effective but are not legally binding agreements, so that they may by their very nature be more open to interpretation and to being broken.

Implementation

According to a study, more than 2000 houses were approved to be build in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank last year despite the Israeli governments promise to the USA to stop most building.