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Monday March 8, 2010 12:29 PM (EST+7)
UPDATE: Israeli defense minister approves W.Bank housing units


Read more: Betar Illit, settlements, settlers, settlement freeze, Ehud Barak

RAMALLAH, March 4 (JMCC & AP) - Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak has approved 112 new housing units in the occupied West Bank settlement of Betar Illit, reports Isreal HaYom.

The move comes despite the Israeli government's November announcement of a ten-month settlement construction freeze in the West Bank, excluding Jerusalem.

Barak says the new construction in the Betar Illit settlement is necessary because of safety issues. The 10-month settlement slowdown declared in late November was to have restricted building in the West Bank to 3,000 apartments whose construction was already underway.

The government said at the time that exceptions could be allowed, but critics faulted the current decision.

Anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now said the government is demonstrating “that it has no genuine intention to advance the peace process”.

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