MIDEAST: U.N. BID Israel to expand settlements over UN's Palestine vote say the media
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863384
MIDEAST: U.N. BID Israel to expand settlements over UN's Palestine vote say the media
- Title: MIDEAST: U.N. BID Israel to expand settlements over UN's Palestine vote say the media
- Date: 30th November 2012
- Summary: MAALE ADUMIM SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (FILE, 2010) (REUTERS) ROAD SIGN FOR MAALE ADUMIM SETTLEMENT WIDE OF MAALE ADUMIM SETTLEMENT ISRAELI FLAG FLYING IN MAALE ADUMIM HOUSE YARD KFAR ADUMIM SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (FILE, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KFAR ADUMIM SETTLEMENT WATER TOWER VARIOUS OF BUILDINGS ROAD TO THE SETTLEMENT GILO, JERUSALEM (FILE, 2011) (REUTERS) SIGN READING: GILO MORE OF SIGN AND ROAD LEADING TO SETTLEMENT VARIOUS OF GILO BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION SITE HAR HOMA SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (FILE 2010) (REUTERS) HAR HOMA SETTLEMENT FROM A DISTANCE BUILDINGS AT SETTLEMENT CRANES IN CONSTRUCTION SITES MORE OF CONSTRUCTION SITE VARIOUS OF BULLDOZER IN CONSTRUCTION SITE WORKERS IN CONSTRUCTION SITE MORE OF HAR HOMA SETTLEMENT
- Embargoed: 15th December 2012 12:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Jerusalem
- City:
- Country: Israel
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVACPI4MAWII403PW4D7HI9UAW43
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- Story Text: Israel will build 3,000 new homes for its settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem Israeli media reported on Friday (November 30) in defiance of the UN's de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood in the occupied territories.
The Ynet news site said the move had been approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner council of nine senior cabinet members on Thursday, as the United Nations General Assembly voted to upgrade the Palestinians to "non-member state" from "entity" - a resolution Israel and Washington had opposed.
The Haaretz news site carried a similar report, describing the new homes as a part of a "construction wave" planned by Israel, which deems all of Jerusalem its indivisible capital and wants to keep swathes of West Bank settlements under any eventual peace accord with the Palestinians.
Israeli officials could not be reached for comment on the reports, which were posted at the onset of the Jewish sabbath.
Most world powers consider the settlements illegal for taking in land Israel captured in the 1967 war. Another territory where the Palestinians want statehood is the Gaza Strip, which Israel quit in 2005 and is now ruled by Hamas Islamists. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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