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Sharon: Construction in West Bank settlements will continue
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-22 14:11
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in comments published Monday that
Israel will continue to build in the West Bank and will not carry out further
withdrawals like the one from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank currently
underway, reported AP.
"There will be building in the settlement blocs," The Jerusalem Post quoted
Sharon as saying, referring to large settlements in the West Bank such as Maaleh
Adumim, outside Jerusalem, and Ariel, not far from Tel Aviv.
"The Ariel bloc will remain a part of Israel forever, connected territorially
to Israel," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Sharon, the architect of the current round of withdrawals, said he would not
agree to evacuate any West Bank settlements beyond the four small communities to
be emptied later this week.
"This is something you will be able to see in a short time, that there will
be no second disengagement," Sharon said, the daily reported.
Israel is required under the internationally backed "road map" peace plan to
cease construction in the settlements. Sharon's refusal to halt settlement
construction has caused friction between him and the United
States.
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