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March 11, 2010

Report: Israel Plans 50,000 New Units in West Bank
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Although the Palestinian Authority based its decision on Israel’s plan
to build 1,600 new settlement homes, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz is
now reporting the number will be far higher. Israeli planning officials
say the Israeli government will build some 50,000 new housing units on
occupied land beyond its internationally recognized 1967 borders. A
small number of units will be built in Arab neighborhoods, but most will
be built in Jewish-only East Jerusalem settlements.



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