ISRAEL's Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, has approved more than 290 new settlement homes in the West Bank despite Israel's obligation to freeze such construction under a United States-backed peace plan, a newspaper report said yesterday.
The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said Mr Mofaz authorised the settlement construction shortly before he pulled out of a Likud party leadership race and moved to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's centrist Kadima party.
The newspaper said that Mr Mofaz authorised the construction of 200 homes in Maale Adumim, the largest settlement in the West Bank, 40 housing units in Ariel and dozens of homes in Bracha, a settlement near the city of Nablus.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/israel-adds-to-settlements/2005/12/15/1134500918802.html
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