There were no “ settlements” prior to 1967. The Palestinians have made it clear; they have no interest in “ negotiations.
There are no settlements now. There is no such thing as settlements, just like there is no such thing as an occupation. "Settlements" is just a negative code word for "Jews live there". Its an excuse to claim that there are places in the world where Jews should not be allowed to live.
It is the most obvious and vile type of hypocrisy -- the Arab Palestinians demanding Arab presence in Israel while simultaneously demanding a Jew-free state. Its saying that Arab Palestinians must be permitted to settle anywhere in the territory while Jews must be restricted from settling in parts of the area. Its claiming that Arabs have every right to exclusive use of the entire Temple Mount in the name of "freedom of worship" while Jews must be prevented from accessing the very place which is the most Holy and Sacred place of their faith. It is demanding that Israel be multi-cultural -- with two official languages, two flags, two systems of laws, two sets of holidays, two national anthems, two peoples with the rights to self-determination while simultaneously demanding that Palestine be developed as a nation for a single ethnic and national group with one language, one flag, one religion, one system of laws (based on Sharia), one set of religious holidays and calendar, one national anthem and only one people having the rights to self-determination.
That useful idiots around the world fall for this hypocrisy speaks volumes.