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| Israel approves 695 homes in West Bank settlement, outpost |
| 2012-02-23 |
| Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 695 new housing units in and near the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, in the heart of the West Bank, north-east of Ramallah, a settlement watchdog group said, DPA reported. Some 121 of them already exist - 93 in an outpost, Shvut Rachel, set up just outside the settlement without government authorization, said the Israeli group Peace Now. They were retroactively "legalized" by the Israeli authorities, in a deal negotiated with settler leaders. The remaining 574 units OK'd by a West Bank planning council are yet to be built and need further approval. The United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Robert Serry, |
| Posted by:Steve White |