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October 28, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-advances-building-plans-east-jerusalem-075054947.html

Netanyahu: Israel Will Build in All of Jerusalem

(AP) Aron Heller - Israel's prime minister pledged Monday to keep building in Jerusalem. Speaking to the Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was a wide consensus in Israel to continue building throughout the city, just as every Israeli government has done since Israel captured east Jerusalem in 1967. "Even the Palestinians know that these places will stay in Israeli sovereignty under any agreement," he said. "The French build in Paris, the English build in London and the Israelis build in Jerusalem. To come and tell Jews not to live in Jerusalem - why?" A government official briefed on the latest construction plans said building would take place in Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo, two areas that are already well developed.

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