Israel invited bids for the construction of 1,025 housing units at Har Homa in southeastern Jerusalem. The step was viewed as an effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to placate domestic opposition after his Cabinet approved the Wye agreement. Palestinian officials called the move a violation of the accord, saying it calls on the two sides to refrain from taking unilateral steps. There was an 18-month-long deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations after Israel broke ground for new construction at Har Homa in 1997.
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