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Friday, November 20, 2009

Palestinian MK: 15,000 settlement homes awaiting approval in Jlem

Ma'an
...Israel's Jerusalem municipality is preparing to build 15,000 new housing units around the city, mainly in areas beyond the Green Line in occupied Palestine.

“These plans are larger and more dangerous than the recent plans to build 900 housing units in Gilo,” Tibi said during a phone interview on Friday.

...The plans are “a blow for the international community, the American administration and [US] President [Barack] Obama who should play his role to stop the Israeli chaos," that will result from the construction of so many new settlement homes, he said.

... the move, when it goes forward, will result in "dangerous regional developments." Full story
at 11/20/2009 03:27:00 PM