JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality.
Israel Angers U.s. By Approving New West Bank Homes
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Tue, 11/17/2009 - 2:53pm
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