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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Israel Reneges on Settlement Ban With Tourism Plan


Israel plans to develop tourist magnets in the West Bank despite pledging to temporarily halt settlement construction in the occupied territories.

Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov announced the plans, hot on the heels of a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to freeze settlement expansions for 10 months, the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Saturday.

Misezhnikov said the ban had to exclude construction of public buildings in settlements or construction in Jerusalem Al-Quds.'

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