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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Israel announced plans yesterday for more than 500 new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent US policy shift on Jewish settlements that has infuriated the Palestinians.
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Lending support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the U.S. signaled approval of growth in some West Bank settlements.
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After two days of discussion, the Knesset approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan yesterday. The plan envisages the Israeli army&#39;s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won parliamentary approval for a unilateral plan that for the first time will remove Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel won broad support in parliament yesterday for a bill that establishes how much money will be paid to Jewish settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the West Bank this summer, in another milestone for his plan to dismantle settlements on occupied Palestinian land for the first time ...
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved tenders to build 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the occupied West Bank, plans that had been shelved earlier to avoid discord with Washington, political sources say.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved  tenders to build 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the  occupied West Bank, plans that were shelved earlier to avoid  discord with Washington, political sources said Tuesday.
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Israel will allow construction within built up areas of existing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, but will not expand beyond those areas, Israeli officials said on Monday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel announced plans yesterday for 500 new housing units in the West Bank, after an apparent US policy shift that has infuriated the Palestinians. The Palestinians oppose all Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where they hope to establish an independent state.
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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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Ariel Sharon received another major boost from the United States after Washington refused to condemn recent Israeli tenders for some 1,800 new housing units in West Bank settlements.
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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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IN ADVANCE of a showdown with Likud party hard-liners, the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s government yesterday issued its largest authorisation of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank since the unveiling of the international peace ...
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The number of Jewish settlers in the  Gaza Strip has grown by 9 percent in the past year despite  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate them, government  figures showed on Sunday.
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Israel&#39;s parliament ratified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.
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GAZA CITY, 18 August 2004  The Israeli government yesterday issued bids for 1,000 new homes in West Bank settlements.