JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has approved the building of 277 apartments in a West Bank settlement, defying U.S. criticism of continued construction on lands the Palestinians claim for a state.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak authorized the construction in Ariel, the core of the settlement bloc deepest inside the West Bank.
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