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Israel plans new homes in West Bank settlement
JERUSALEM, June 12 (Reuters) - Israel plans to build 54 new homes in the occupied West Bank despite an obligation under a U.S.-backed peace "road map" to halt such construction on land Palestinians seek for a state.

The Israel Lands Administration, a government agency, issued a tender inviting bids on 54 plots for single-family homes in the Jewish settlement of Elkana, near Ariel, a major settlement bloc. The tender was published by Israeli media on Monday.

The Palestinians have failed to meet their own obligation under the road map to dismantle militant groups.

The Elkana tender was the first to be issued since the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took office on May 4.

"We fear this is only the first of further tenders to build up settlements," a spokesman with Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said.

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