The Arab League is planning to ask the U.N. General Assembly to reconvene an emergency session on Israeli settlement activity. The U.N. observer for the 22- member Arab League said he hopes the General Assembly would reconvene by the end of the month. In four previous sessions on the issue, the General Assembly condemned by overwhelming majorities Israeli plans to build a Jewish housing project at Har Homa in southeastern Jerusalem.
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