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Russia urges Israel to halt settlement construction
Thursday November 03, 2011 09:14:15 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Netanyahu calls for stepped up settlement construction
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for stepped
up construction of 2,000 new homes for Israelis in the occupied
Palestinian territories, the premier's press service said Tuesday.
"We are talking about an additional 2,000 homes that will remain
on Israeli
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Moscow: The
Russian Foreign Ministry urged Israel Wednesday to refrain from
more housing construction in the occupied West Bank pending a
final agreement on the status of the Palestinian territories.
"Moscow is seriously concerned by the announcement from the
Israeli leadership," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"The Russian position is well known and has been affirmed more
than once: any construction in the occupied territories is illegal
under the accepted norms of international law and must cease," it
says.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday called on for
stepped up construction of 2,000 new homes for Israelis in the
occupied territory, saying the new construction would remain on
Israeli territory whatever the terms of the possible recognition
of Palestine's statehood bid.
Israel will also temporarily halt the transfer of finances to the
Palestinian government, Netanyahu's adviser Alex Selsky said,
speaking a day after the Palestinian National Authority received
full membership in Unesco, a move Israel condemned.
In early October Israel announced plans to build some 300 new
homes for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem, which the
Palestinians claim as the capital of their future state.
In late September, Israel had approved construction of 1,100 homes
in East Jerusalem.
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Nashik District Magistrate P
Velrasu greeting AMU Vice Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Aziz and
Prof Anwar Jahan Zuberi, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences
and former Vice Chancellor, University of Calicut,
in Malegaon on October 26, 2011.
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