(Ha'aretz) Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravid - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to adopt a policy identical to that of his predecessor for construction in West Bank settlements. Under Ehud Olmert, more than 90% of construction was carried out in the major settlement blocs - Ma'ale Adumim, Gush Etzion and Ariel. According to a senior official in Jerusalem involved in contacts with the U.S. administration, Netanyahu presented his plan to implement Olmert's policy to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton.
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