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Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=9723
U.S.-Israel Understandings on West Bank Construction
(New York Jewish Week) Stewart Ain- Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Prime Minister Sharon, said Wednesday, "It is very clear that there has been an understanding on two issues with respect to construction....We will continue to build within the built-up areas to be sure that people live their normal daily lives. And there is a broad understanding between the two governments that in any future negotiated settlement the existence of large clusters of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] - including Ma'ale Adumim - will be taken into consideration and will not be evacuated in the future." Gissin insisted that Israel "will continue to build in Ma'ale Adumim. It is a suburb of Jerusalem and not a settlement. Even the Laborites in Israel say there is no question that it will remain under Israeli control."