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Number of Israel’s planned settlements increases

Wednesday, 13 April 2016 6:37 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 6:36 PM ]

A general view taken on March 29, 2016 shows Israeli construction cranes and excavators at a building site of new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Neve Yaakov, in the northern area of east Jerusalem. AFP

Mona Kandil
Press TV, Ramallah

A rights group says the number of West Bank settlements Israel plans to build has more than tripled in the first quarter of 20-16 compared to the previous year. Palestinians have warned that settlement activity and new projects have never stopped. Our correspondent Mona Kandil has the details from Ramallah.

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