JERUSALEM POST
by Herb Keinon
June 5, 2014
Announcement originally intended to accompany 4th prisoner release but delayed with the collapse of peace talks.
In its first demonstrative step in reaction to the Hamas-Fatah unity government, Israel is poised to immediately approve construction of some 3,000 new units beyond the Green Line.
The units, which were originally to be approved with release of a fourth batch of Palestinian prisoners at the end of March that was never carried out, will include 400 units in Ramat Shlomo in Jerusalem, and another 1,100 to be divided between the settlements of Efrat, Beitar Ilit, Adam and Givat Ze’ev. In addition, another 1,500 will be approved for construction in other settlements throughout the West Bank.
The other three prisoner releases that were part of the US-brokered agreement that led to Palestinian-Israeli talks from July to March were accompanied by Israeli announcements of new construction beyond the Green Line.
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