Israelis to Expand West Bank Settlements
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Description: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he is committed to dismantling Jewish settlements in Gaza. But Israel says it will continue to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and cites the tacit approval of the Bush administration.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved construction of 1,000 more homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, officials said Tuesday, violating a U.S.-backed peace plan that calls for a building freeze.
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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.
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In an unannounced policy shift, Washington has given its approval for the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to the New York Times.
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The Israeli government was accelerating its settlement program on Monday 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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Political sources in Israel say the state has begun building housing units in the Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem. A leading newspaper has confirmed the decision and reports that a new plan will allow the
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The West Bank town's transfer to Palestinians will set the stage for four more Israeli withdrawals.
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JERUSALEM - Palestinian leaders on Sunday accused the United States of harming prospects for Mideast peace after the latest indications that Washington is ready to accept some Israeli expansion of West Bank settlements.    The New York Times reported Saturday that the United States will now tacitly support construction in built-up areas of major Jewish settlements, while remaining opposed to housing activity in undeveloped areas...
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Israel has begun building 100 new housing units in the Har Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem, political sources said Monday. They said construction of the new housing at Har
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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 plans to build a new Jewish  settlement in the West Bank that could house settlers evacuated  from the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio said Tuesday.
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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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Israel plans to build a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank that could house settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip after a withdrawal this summer, Israeli officials said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office on Wednesday said the government is looking into moving a stretch of its separation barrier deeper into the West Bank to include two Jewish settlements
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GAZA CITY, 24 August 2004 - Encouraged by an apparent US policy shift, Israel yesterday announced plans for more than 530 new housing units in the West Bank for Jewish settlers.
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Israel is building more than 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank despite a commitment under a U.S.-backed peace plan to stop such expansion, the Peace Now group said in a report on Wednesday.
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Israel intends to build a new  settlement in the West Bank that could take in settlers  uprooted from Gaza, officials said on Tuesday, drawing swift  protest from Palestinians who fear losing land for a state they  seek.