Israel is moving ahead with a plan to fence in a key West Bank settlement. Officials said Wednesday that expropriation orders had been issued for Palestinian farmland around Ma’aleh Adumim. By looping around Ma’aleh Adumim, the fence will effectively turn it into a suburb of Jerusalem.
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