<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Ha’aretz: ‘Construction in West Bank settlements quadrupled since end of temporary freeze’ at&nbsp;PS.HADNEWS.COM]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p class="byline"> Posted  			by Michael			on Saturday, 			March 5, 			2011 			at 7:53 pm. </p>
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<div>According to data by Israel&#8217;s  Central Bureau of Statistics, settlers began building over 114 houses  during the 10-month settlement freeze, and began construction of over  427 houses since October 2010.</div>
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<div><em>By Chaim Levinson</em></div>
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<p style="margin:0 0 17px;">Since  the end of the settlement moratorium five months ago, the construction  rate in West Bank neighborhoods has quadrupled, data from Israel&#8217;s  Central Bureau of Statistics revealed Saturday.</p>
<p>According to the  data, over 114 housing units that settlers started building during the  10-month settlement freeze have been completed, as well as over 1,175  housing units which were started before the temporary moratorium.</p>
<p>The data also reveals that construction of over 427 housing units has begun since October 2010.</p>
<p>The  Central Bureau of Statistics noted, however, that the data is based on  partial information, and that there has also been a dramatic rise in  illegal construction in West Bank outposts that has not been officially  documented.</p>
<p>The data does not include caravans and tents that are often placed in illegal outposts to settle the land.</p>
<p style="margin:0 0 17px;">Direct  peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been on  hold since Israel&#8217;s 10-month freeze on new settlements expired at the  end of September 2010.</p>
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<p><a href="http://ps.hadnews.com/haaretz-construction-in-west-bank-settlements-quadrupled-since-end-of-temporary-freeze.htm">Ha’aretz: ‘Construction in West Bank settlements quadrupled since end of temporary freeze’ at PS.HADNEWS.COM</a>.</p>
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