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July 19, 2011

Israel Moves to Build Hundreds of New Settlement Homes in Occupied Territories 
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The Israeli government is moving forward on plans to build 336 new
settlement homes in defiance of the international community. According
to the plan, 294 of the homes will be built outside of Jerusalem,
another 42 will be build outside of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Palestinians said Israel's move to build more settlements hardened their
resolve to seek statehood recognition from the United Nations. Hagit
Ofran of the Israeli group Peace Now also criticized the new
settlements.

Hagit Ofran, Peace Now: "The government of Israel is expanding the
settlements despite the fact that it's against the Israeli interest and
against the declarations of the governments that we are going to peace.
This construction in settlements now pushes the Palestinians to go
unilaterally to the U.N, to the U.N."



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