Israel’s new Labor Party chief was criticized for approving the construction of new West Bank settlement homes. Amir Peretz allowed the Israeli housing minister, Isaac Herzog of Labor, to allow for the construction of 350 apartments in Ma’aleh Adumim this week, despite a clause in the U.S.-led “road map” peace plan calling for a freeze on settlement expansion.
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