Israel new settlements 30 11 2012

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The Israeli government indicated it will build 3,000 new settler homes, hours after UN voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state.

Governments in UK, France and Sweden summoned Israeli envoys to register protests.

Weeks before an important election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to expand Israeli settlements in disputed territories.

A Jewish settler raises an Israeli flag at the E1 settlement area on December 9, 2007, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank.

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