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Israel Announces $12.9m Boost to West Bank Settlements [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Israel Announces $12.9m Boost to West Bank Settlements
By DANIELLA CHESLOW, ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Jul 10, 2016, 2:06 PM ET
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $12.9 million plan to strengthen two Israeli settlements in the southern West Bank Sunday. The plan came days after Netanyahu approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, drawing a harsh rebuke from the U.S. State Department.
In late June a Palestinian teen fatally stabbed Israeli Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, in her bed in the Kiryat Arba settlement before security guards killed him. Netanyahu said Sunday that the funding will go to Kiryat Arba, a settlement of 7,000 Israelis, and to the Jewish residents of the adjacent Palestinian city of Hebron.
He said the government will "assist the residents who stand heroically in the face of vicious terrorism."
Since September, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans in dozens of attacks. At least 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the same period. Israel says most were assailants.
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By DANIELLA CHESLOW, ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Jul 10, 2016, 2:06 PM ET
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $12.9 million plan to strengthen two Israeli settlements in the southern West Bank Sunday. The plan came days after Netanyahu approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, drawing a harsh rebuke from the U.S. State Department.
In late June a Palestinian teen fatally stabbed Israeli Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, in her bed in the Kiryat Arba settlement before security guards killed him. Netanyahu said Sunday that the funding will go to Kiryat Arba, a settlement of 7,000 Israelis, and to the Jewish residents of the adjacent Palestinian city of Hebron.
He said the government will "assist the residents who stand heroically in the face of vicious terrorism."
Since September, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans in dozens of attacks. At least 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the same period. Israel says most were assailants.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-announces-129m-boost-west-bank-settlements-40474251
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