Sharon approves 1,000 new houses in settlements despite `road map&#39; ban
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved the construction of 1,000 more homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, officials said Tuesday, violating a US-backed peace plan that calls for a building freeze.
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JERUSALEMâWith his political life in the balance, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took the first tentative steps on the path to peace last night, winning parliamentary consent for a plan to uproot Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and parts of
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MUSCAT, 31 August 2004 - It was expected that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would surprise the world with a decision to expand the settlements by building more housing units in the West Bank.
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JERUSALEM - Israel announced plans Monday to build hundreds of new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent U.S. policy shift on settlements that the Palestinians warned "will destroy the peace process."   The United States has signaled recently that it will allow Israel to expand existing settlements in the West Bank, while remaining opposed to construction in undeveloped areas...
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Supporters of the Jewish settlement movement demonstrate against Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plan to remove settlements from the Gaza Strip, in front of Israel&#39;s parliament, or Knesset, Monday Oct. 25, 2004.
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The Israeli government on Tuesday issued bids for 1,000 new homes in Jewish West Bank settlements, in a violation of an internationally backed peace plan, but insisted the construction has the tacit approval of one of the backers, the US ...
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Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 billion financial package to pay for withdrawing Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, delivering a major victory to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to vacate settlements for the first time in 23 years.
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GAZA CITY, 18 August 2004  The Israeli government yesterday issued bids for 1,000 new homes in West Bank settlements.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to changes in the route of Israel's West Bank barrier on Monday but insisted on keeping key Jewish settlement blocks inside, political sources said.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to  changes in the route of Israel's West Bank barrier on Wednesday  but insisted on keeping key Jewish settlement blocks inside,  political sources said.
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Israel's housing minister said on Tuesday preparations were underway to build more than 1,000 new homes in and around Arab East Jerusalem, which Palestinians see as capital of a future state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel still supports the US-backed road map peace plan. Sharon spoke after a senior advisor was quoted as saying that Sharon&#39;s
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The Housing and Construction Ministry on Tuesday published tenders for about 1,001 new housing units in West Bank settlements.
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The Bush administration has signaled  approval of growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank  in a policy change aimed at helping Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, the New York Times said on Saturday.
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Israeli officials say the government has approved the building more than 300 new houses in West Bank settlements. Officials say the new building will be in the settlements of Har Gilo and Haradar close to Jerusalem.
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Beit-ul-Moqaddas  - Israel has allowed the construction of more than 300 new homes in West Bank settlements near Beit-ul-Moqaddas, an official said Monday amid Palestinian anger at a U-turn by the United States on settlement building.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved bids for construction of 1,000 homes in Jewish West Bank settlements after freezing them earlier this month, amid growing friction with the United States over continued settlement expansion.