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<div class="ViewDetails_BodyDiv">April 5, 2011</div>
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<div class="ViewDetails_BodyDiv">JERUSALEM (AFP) &#8211; The UN&#8217;s  Middle East envoy on Tuesday condemned plans by Jerusalem city council  to build over 900 new Jewish-only homes in Gilo settlement.</div>
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<p>&#8220;Israeli  settlement activity anywhere in occupied territory, including in east  Jerusalem, is illegal and contrary to the roadmap,&#8221; said Richard Miron,  spokesman for United Nations peace envoy Robert Serry, in reference to  the peace roadmap adopted by the Middle East diplomatic Quartet.</p>
<p>&#8220;We  call on the Israeli government to halt further planning for new  settlement units, which undermines efforts to bring about resumed  Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and prejudices final status  discussions.&#8221;</p>
<p>His remarks were made a day after the council approved plans for 942 new homes in Gilo in occupied East Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Israel  captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed in a  move not recognized by the international community.</p>
<p>Israel  considers both sectors of the Holy City its &#8220;eternal, indivisible&#8221;  capital, and does not view construction in the east to be settlement  activity.</p>
<p>The Palestinians, however, want East Jerusalem as the  capital of their future state and fiercely contest any actions to extend  Israeli control over the sector.</p>
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