Some 1,420 new housing units were started by Israel in the West Bank during the first half of 1998 as compared with 600 during the similar period in 1997, Peace Now said. The group said its figures showing the 136 percent rise in housing starts were based on data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
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