JERUSALEM, (MLLAT+APP/AFP): An Israeli committee called
off a discussion set for Wednesday on issuing permits for hundreds of new settler homes in defiance of a UN vote demanding a halt to such activity, an NGO and reports said.
A member of the Ir Amim NGO, which monitors settlement activity, said the measure had been pulled from the Jerusalem committee’s agenda. Israel’s army radio also reported that the discussion had been cancelled.