Israel announces new plans for settlements built

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-01-2008 09:02

On the heels of the U.S. State Secretary's warning and just hours after Rice left the region --- Israel announced plans to build 1,400 new homes on land the Palestinians claim for a future state.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insists the building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank will not disrupt  peace negotiations. (CCTV.com)

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insists the building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank will not disrupt peace negotiations.

Ehud Olmert, Israeli Prime Minister, said, "I don't need to announce every two days that neighborhoods in Jerusalem will continue being built. Everyone of us knows that Jewish population centers as were defined in the Bush letter to us - we do not intend to leave. All the reports of dramatic construction projects in the territories are not true and it's not true that we're building in violation of commitments that were made. We are not building new settlements and not confiscating any new land."

Editor:Zhang Pengfei