Israel to Build New Housing Units
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The Israeli government on Tuesday invited construction bids for 1,001 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an official said, in direct violation of a U.S.-backed peace plan calling for a settlement freeze.
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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.
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Israel announced plans yesterday to build 533 new homes in the West Bank, increasing the number of permits to three times those allowed in the previous three years combined.
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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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JERUSALEM An Israeli official says residents of a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip have agreed to move to a community inside Israel.
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Israel plans to build more than 530 new settler homes in the West Bank after Washington signaled it would accept growth in Jewish enclaves in the occupied territory, Israeli political sources said on Monday.
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Israeli plans to build more homes in and around Arab East Jerusalem came under fire on Tuesday from Palestinians who see the city as capital of their future state, casting another shadow over troubled peace talks.
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Israel plans to rezone land within existing settlements to allow for the construction of another 533 housing units, most of them close to Jerusalem, Israeli officials said today.
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Israel unveiled plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes on occupied land near Jerusalem next year, drawing protests from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the eve of renewed peace talks.
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Israel examines plans for a new settlement in East Jerusalem, an area considered occupied land.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel issued tenders for construction of 1,001 new housing units in West Bank settlements yesterday, in what some observers viewed as an attempt by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pacify right-wing critics ahead of a key meeting of his Likud party today.
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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 has plans to build a new  settlement in the West Bank that could take in settlers  uprooted from Gaza, officials said Tuesday, drawing protest  from Palestinians who fear losing land for a state they seek.
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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's Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit says he wants to build a new Arab city in the north of Israel.
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JERUSALEM : The Israeli government was accelerating its settlement program with plans to build hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, bolstered by a US softening of opposition to new construction projects.
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JERUSALEM Israel plans to rezone land within existing settlements to allow for the construction of another 533 housing units, most of them close to Jerusalem, officials said Monday.