(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - "We can't expect to receive explicit American agreement to build freely in the settlements," Prime Minister Sharon said at Sunday's cabinet meeting. The large blocs of settlement in the West Bank "will remain in Israel's hands and will fall within the (separation) fence, and we made this position clear to the Americans. This is our position, even if they express reservations," he said. "The Americans always expressed criticism about construction in the settlements, and they have done so now, too," he said.
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