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Fri 07 Jul 2008Israeli defence ministry revives settlement plan
MIDDLE EAST:CONTROVERSIAL PLANS for the first new settlement to be built in the occupied West Bank in almost a decade have been revived by Israel's defence ministry, despite calls by the international community for a freeze on construction, which is illegal under international law.
A key planning committee at the ministry has approved a plan to build 20 homes in a new settlement in the Jordan valley to be called Maskiot.
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