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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/06/AR2009090600796.html
Israeli Cabinet Backs New West Bank Construction
[AP/Washington Post] Amy Teibel - Israeli Cabinet ministers lined up on Sunday behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to approve the construction of hundreds of new apartments in West Bank settlements. Israel says a curtailment in construction would not apply to the new housing units, the 2,500 units currently under construction, or to east Jerusalem. Netanyahu hoped to defuse a coalition crisis by linking a possible building slowdown to the approval of new building projects. In recent weeks, the U.S. administration has appeared to back down from its initial insistence that Israel halt all settlement expansion.