New Israeli settlement construction underway: report

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"A Peace Now report said on Monday that some 800 new housing units are being built in settlements across the occupied West Bank, despite US calls for Israel to freeze settlement construction.

The Israeli settlement watchdog said that work got underway over the past three months in 34 settlements for the construction of the units.

In addition, some 55 buildings are in the process of being completed and foundations are being laid for an additional 50, the report said.

According to a Peace Now report, the new projects are not among some 2,400 houses already in different stages of construction that Israel aims to complete despite agreeing to a temporary halt in settlement construction.

"The settlers are working fast to produce as many construction starts as possible so that these new housing units will be counted as existing settlements and not included in any future agreed upon freeze," it said."

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The Race for Construction "Starts" is On!

http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&docid=4418

(pics at link)