A group of former Kach activists set up a tent at Har Homa in southeastern Jerusalem to protest the lack of construction there. Police are investigating the legality of the protest. The Palestinian Authority broke off negotiations with Israel one year ago, when Israel broke ground for development of a new Jewish neighborhood there.
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