(Ha'aretz) Nadav Shragai and Aluf Benn- Israel on Tuesday published tenders for the construction of 1,000 new housing units in existing West Bank localities, after initially freezing the process at the request of the Americans in order to first check that they did not contradict previous understandings with the U.S. Housing and Construction Minister Tzipi Livni said, "These are settlement blocs at the very heart of the consensus. This has nothing to do with the disengagement plan....There is no reason for a big drama." The tenders include 604 homes in Betar Ilit, 214 in Ariel, 141 in Ma'ale Adumim, and 42 in Karnei Shomron.
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