[Jerusalem Post] Etgar Lefkovits - The new Judea and Samaria District Police Headquarters has opened in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim, police spokesman Danny Poleg said Monday. The station, whose construction was approved by the government in 2005, will replace the dilapidated station in eastern Jerusalem which has served as the headquarters for the West Bank police for decades. The U.S. has opposed any Israeli construction in the area, and Israel has frozen the long-planned construction of 3,500 housing units that would link the major Jerusalem suburb of Maale Adumim with the capital. Israel plans to keep several major settlement blocs - including Maale Adumim - as part of any final peace treaty with the Palestinians.
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