Israel municipality approves hundreds of settlement homes in east Jerusalem

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A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, near Jerusalem January 17, 2017. Picture taken January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

The Jerusalem municipality approved building permits for more than 560 housing units in three East Jerusalem settlements on Sunday, two days after President Donald Trump took office in the United States.

Chairman of Jerusalem city hall’s Planning and Building committee Meir Turgeman told Israel Radio that the permits were held up until the end of the Barack Obama administration, which was critical of Israeli settlement activity.

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