Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered a freeze on construction in a West Bank Jewish settlement. After the decision regarding Har Gilo, one of Barak’s coalition partners, the pro-settler National Religious Party, said it was considering supporting a no-confidence motion against the prime minister.
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