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November 3, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111102/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Defends Jerusalem Construction

(AP) Aron Heller - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his decision to expand construction in eastern Jerusalem. Netanyahu pledged to keep building in Jerusalem and said the city has never been a capital to any other people. "We are building in Jerusalem because it is our right and our duty to this generation and future generations, not as punishment but as the basic right of our people to build in its eternal city," he said. The projects announced by Netanyahu were not new, but he ordered they be accelerated. Netanyahu stressed that all building would take place in areas that are slated to stay part of Israel under any future peace accord.

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