In a report, the group said the 8,372 units are envisioned for the strategic area known as E1.
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Trump on Clinton, Bush: ‘We view this as war’
Later in his speech, Trump remarked that “the last thing [Clinton] wants in her whole life” is to face him in a general election. Clinton’s public comments came as President Obama was in a re-election campaign making claims al-Qaida was “on the run”.
The statement, however, only referred to Ariel’s plans for construction in E1, failing to mention other projects, over 25,000 of which have been planned to take shape east of the Israeli West Bank Barrier.
Japan agrees to ‘comfort women’ talks: minister
In the face of criticism, President Park Geun Hye has launched an all-out campaign to win public support for the deal. China took a different tack, with state media slamming Japan’s long-awaited mea culpa as insincere and insufficient.
“The area of Ma’ale Adumim and E1 is one of the most sensitive areas in terms of the chances for two-state solution”, Peace Now wrote.
Sydney’s biggest show kicks off global party despite terror fears
Samoa was the first nation to see in 2016, with New Zealand the first nation with a sizeable population to celebrate the New Year. New York: Around 1 million people were expected to converge on New York City’s Times Square for the annual celebration.
Israeli watchdog Peace Now reported Sunday that the Ministry of Housing began “quietly” planning for 8372 housing units in the E1 area in November 2014, hiring architects to work on numerous plans that had been cancelled.
The cell is evidence to “an increased effort to exploit the escalation of violence in the West Bank to promote bombings and suicide bombings against targets in Israel and the West Bank”, the Shin Bet said.
The new evidence, some 200 pages Peace Now obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, shows that for the past year, Israel’s Ministry of Housing has been actively working outside of the public’s eye to advance plans for 55,548 new homes in West Bank settlements.
Ides, from the West Bank city of Hebron, was shot and killed last week while trying to stab soldiers near a checkpoint with a screwdriver.
It later annexed east Jerusalem in a move never recognised by the global community.
An initial inquiry suggests an additional soldier was injured as a result of the fire directed towards the attackers, ‘ the military said in a statement.
Yusef al-Beheiri, 48, died after being shot east of the Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the Hamas-ruled coastal strip, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Twenty-five Palestinians were arrested by Israeli authorities recently, suspected of forming a terrorist cell aiming to carry out suicide bombing attacks against Israelis, the Shin Bet Security Agency announced on Wednesday.
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Since the start of October, Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 132 Palestinians, 82 of whom authorities described as assailants.
