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Amid reports of more settlement construction, Lapid warns of crisis in Israel-US ties

Finance Minister Yair Lapid warned Sunday that a reported plan to approve some 2,000 more housing units in the settlements "will lead to a serious crisis in Israel-US relations and will harm Israel's standing in the world."

 

Channel 2 reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Economy Minister Bennett have reached a deal to approve more settlement construction to keep the right-wing parties in the coalition.

 

Lapid added that while he doesn't oppose building in the major settlement blocs, the timing of these proposals will cause harm to Israel and stressed that any attempt to build outside of the blocs will be met with fierce opposition.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.26.14, 23:59