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Israel unveils 1,800 settler homes
Israel unveiled plans Friday to build more than 1,800 new settler homes, a move the Palestinians said was a signal to the US to abandon efforts for Middle East peace
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srael unveiled plans Friday to build more than 1,800 newsettler homes, a move the Palestinians said was a signal to the US to abandonefforts for Middle East peace.
The announcement comes a week after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the region in his latest attempt to push Israeli and Palestinian leaders towards an elusive peace deal.
But the US chief diplomat's 10th trip was clouded by bitter recriminations from leaders of both sides, who accused each other of lacking commitment to building peace after decades of conflict.
The housing ministry announced the plans for 1,076 units in annexed east Jerusalem and 801 in the occupied West Bank, said the Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now. It comes after Israel freed a third batch of 26 long-serving Palestinian prisoners from its jails on December 31, as a goodwill gesture under the ongoing talks.
