The Israeli housing ministry has announced that it plans to build hundreds of new homes for Israelis in east Jerusalem, an area earmarked by Palestinians for the capital of their future state.
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Rice on last leg of Mid-East tour ... housing units will go up in large Jewish neighbourhoods in east Jerusalem, annexed by Israel in 1967. The latest planned expansions come on the eve of the next scheduled meeting between Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas. The Palestinians have repeatedly called the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, the biggest obstacle to a final peace deal.
(Deutsche Welle)
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