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Israel approves settlements despite peace talks
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 28, 2011 12:22pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Simon Santow |
| Media | TV News - Australian Broadcasting Corporation News |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Israel has approved the construction of 1,100 new settlement homes on disputed land in the West Bank, less than a week after promising to pursue peace with the Palestinians.
The houses, as well as a new school, public buildings and an industrial site, will all go up on land claimed by the Palestinians but occupied by Israel.
The new homes are to be built in Gilo, an urban settlement that Israel erected on West Bank land it captured in the 1967 war and annexed unilaterally as part of its declared capital, Jerusalem.
The plan dramatically increases the size of the Jewish settlement there. |
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