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June 7, 2012

Israel’s West Bank plans stir U.S. furor, settlers’ ire

Israel\’s government coupled its compliance with a Supreme Court order to remove buildings from a neighborhood on the outskirts of the Beit El settlement with the announcement of new construction in several West Bank areas.

Israel unmoved by U.S. criticism of settlement plans

Israel shrugged off on Thursday U.S. criticism of its plans to erect 851 more settler homes in the occupied West Bank, projects that appeared aimed at placating settlers angry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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