An Israeli plan to extend the borders of the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim four miles westward to Jerusalem is a “provocative act by an outgoing government,” the U.S. State Department said last Friday. The statement came one day after outgoing Defense Minister Moshe Arens announced the expansion.
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