[Ha'aretz] Nir Hasson and Chaim Levinson - Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and Interior Minister Eli Yishai toured the E-1 corridor on Monday and called for continued construction between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem. Rivlin said: "If we don't build here, the Palestinians will....If the Palestinians build here, they will cut Jerusalem off from Ma'ale Adumim." Yishai said: "Israel must do what it believes and the Americans must understand that there is no escape from our crucial security need to continue with this construction."
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