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July 8, 2011

Israel Approves New West Bank Settlement Expansion 
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Israel plans to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
This week, a Jerusalem city council member said some 900 new homes were
approved for construction in the settlement of Gilo.

Elisha Peleg: "Gilo is no ... is not east of Jerusalem, it's part of
Jerusalem and there is full consensus about all the Israeli
neighborhoods which have been built after 67, the war of 1967 which we
used to call the green border, the green line because all these
neighborhoods will always remain part of Jerusalem."



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