Israel OKs Expansion of Jewish Settlements
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Officials said Sunday that Israel has approved plans to expand four Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a practice the United States has opposed in the past.
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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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HAR GILO, West Bank  - Israel plans to build 530  new settler homes in the occupied West Bank after Washington  softened its opposition to growth in Jewish enclaves, a policy  shift Palestinians say will make peace impossible.
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JERUSALEM - Shattering decades of public policy, the Israeli Parliament has, for the first time in the nation&#39;s history, approved a plan to uproot Jewish settlements from lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state.
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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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First, Israel was allowed to hold on to some West Bank territory, a clear U-turn in American policy. Now Israel can also build more West Bank settlements, a clear breach of the American-sponsored road map.
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JERUSALEM - 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.    The planned construction violates the internationally backed "road map" plan, accepted by Israel, which calls for a construction freeze...
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Gaza, Gaza, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s statements that Israel will expand Jewish settlements on the West Bank.
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Israel announced plans Monday to build hundreds of new housing units in the West Bank, following an apparent US policy shift on settlements that the Palestinians warned &quot;will destroy the peace process.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 - A small Jewish settlement tucked in the corner of the Gaza Strip has become the first one in which all the residents have agreed to leave under the Israeli government's Gaza withdrawal plan, an Israeli official said today.
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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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JERUSALEM -- The government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued bids yesterday to build 700 homes in the West Bank, its largest settlement construction project since taking office in May.
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Israel announced plans Monday for 500 new housing units in the West Bank, after an apparent U.S. policy shift that has infuriated the Palestinians. The Palestinians oppose all Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, lands where they hope to establish an independent state.
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AMONA, West Bank -- The movement to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which only a few months ago appeared to be a divided, waning political force, is experiencing a revival after a summer of war that caused many Israelis to question the wisdom of abandoning more territory.
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Israel's army received approval Monday to broaden its ground operations against Gaza Strip militants who have been barraging Israeli border towns with deadly rocket fire, military officials said.
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Washington -- The Bush administration, moving to lend political support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at a time of political turmoil, has signaled approval of growth in at least some Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, American and Israeli
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JERUSALEM - 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 U.S.-backed peace plan that calls for a building freeze.    Sharon's aides said they had Washington's tacit approval for the construction, because the houses would be built inside existing settlements that are among the enclaves Israel insists on keeping under any peace settlement with the Palestinians...