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An Israeli anti-settlement watchdog group on Monday said the government has quietly worked on plans to build more than 8,000 homes in a strategic section of the West Bank near Jerusalem.
Cynicism seems reasonable in the Middle East, but this summer’s Gaza war may prove an exception. Neither side seems able to dislodge the other, yet the situation is even more unbearable than before.
