JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – Israel has approved 560
new homes for the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, a spokesman for the settlement said Monday, in a move likely to raise tensions following a series of Palestinian attacks.
The Maale Adumim mayor was on Sunday night officially informed of the
decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Avigdor
Lieberman to allow the planning of the homes in the settlement east of
Jerusalem, the spokesman told AFP.
The decision follows calls among Israelis for a harsh response to a series of Palestinian attacks in the occupied West Bank in recent days.
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Israel approves 560 new homes in West Bank settlement: spokesman
