An E.U. official encouraged Israel and Israeli settlers to leave houses intact during the Gaza Strip withdrawal. Jean Asselborn, president of the council of the European Union, said Sunday that “hundreds and hundreds of Palestinian families could use these houses and have a chance to begin their lives again with dignity.”
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