At the end of the interview, Yariv makes an important observation about the increasingly important role of Peace Now's ongoing efforts to monitor settlement construction:

I think that if Netanyahu will know that Peace Now is not going to monitor the settlement activity, it will be easier for him to say to the settlers, 'OK, without my approval you can build.'

But once you have a project like [Peace Now's Settlement Watch] it is very clear that the settlers will not be able to build... quietly with the government. And everything that happens in the settlements in the next few months will be exposed to the public.

In other words, not only will Peace Now be providing the public with a dependable account of whether new construction in the settlements is stopped, as Netanyahu declared. But the very fact that Peace Now is out there monitoring developments creates consequences. And Netanyahu (or any Israeli leader) can credibly tell the settlers that they cannot get away with breaking the rules.

Here is the full interview:

Listen to the audio
And here is some additional content related to Peace Now's surveys of settlement activities.

Click here to watch an Israeli television report about Peace Now activists surveying settlements (and the hostile way they sometimes get treated).

Click here to listen to a Peace Now activist discuss her experience participating in a Peace Now survey.

Click here to see some of the reports the Peace Now has issued on ongoing developments in settlements.