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Israel begins new settlement push
Israel begins new settlement push
Source: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5312084.stm
More: Palestinian Despair - BBC "All our dreams are cancelled - everything's cancelled - our priorities are feeding ourselves and just living " Government worker Nidha Younis, Ramallah, West Bank,
Maale Adumim is one of the largest settlements in the West Bank
The Israeli government says it plans to build 700 new homes in two settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank.
Adverts published in Israeli newspapers invite bids for work in Maale Adumim just outside east Jerusalem and Beitar Illit to the south, near Bethlehem.
It is the biggest expansion of Jewish settlements to be announced since the government came to office in May.
Palestinians see such moves as an obstacle to peace and the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
The Israeli government froze a controversial project to link Maale Adumim to east Jerusalem following sharp American criticism. (....)
About 240,000 Jewish settlers and 2.4 million Palestinians live in the West Bank. The settlements are deemed illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
Source: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5312084.stm
More: Palestinian Despair - BBC "All our dreams are cancelled - everything's cancelled - our priorities are feeding ourselves and just living " Government worker Nidha Younis, Ramallah, West Bank,
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