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Israel Approves New West Bank Settlement Project

Israel has approved Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's plan to build more than 3,000 new housing units as part of a settlement project in the occupied West Bank. During a final approval hearing on ...
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Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank

TEL AVIV — Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights ...