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December 3, 2012

Israel Expands Settlements, Seizes PA Funds After U.N. Statehood Vote 
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Israel has retaliated against the United Nations' Palestinian statehood
vote by seizing additional Palestinian funds and announcing a new round
of settlement construction in the occupied West Bank. One day after the
U.N. General Assembly's historic decision to grant Palestine the status
of a "non-member observer state," Israel responded by authorizing 3,000
new homes in Jewish-only settlements in East Jerusalem and the West
Bank. At a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said Israel will continue to build on Palestinian land
wherever it wants.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "Today we are building, and
we will continue to build in Jerusalem and in all areas that are on the
state of Israel's map of strategic interests."

 

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