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East Jerusalem: Construction of some 700 new flats have been given a green light, despite an announced freeze in settlement building (Photo: laika slips the lead)

Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem draws EU rebuke

Israel has announced the construction of some 700 apartments in East Jerusalem just a month after the Jewish state proclaimed a freeze on the building of new settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, drawing moderate criticism from the European Union.

On Monday (28 December), Israel's Construction and Housing Ministry opened tenders for the construction of 692 new flats in the neighbourhoods of Har Homa, Pisgat Zeev and Neve Yaakov - Arab land absorbed by Israel after the 1967 Six-...

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East Jerusalem: Construction of some 700 new flats have been given a green light, despite an announced freeze in settlement building (Photo: laika slips the lead)

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