Israel began building a neighborhood of 52 houses in the Golan Heights on Wednesday. The construction, which comes amid efforts to restart Israeli-Syrian talks, is likely to anger Damascus, which is seeking the return of all of the Golan as part of a peace deal with Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy said Wednesday that Syria is hesitant to restart the talks, which broke off in 1996.
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