<?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[Israeli MK’s Petition Netanyahu to Immediately Increase Illegal Settlement of West&nbsp;Bank]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail">Thursday August 04, 2011 14:14</span><span class="article-detail"> by Danny Johnes &#8211; IMEMC and Agencies</span></span></p>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p><strong>Forty-two MK’s and cabinet members have petitioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the housing crisis by building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Haaretz.</strong></p></blockquote>
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<p class="article">The petition was given to Netanyahu on Tuesday, signed entirely by members of the Eretz Yisrael Lobby.</p>
<p>The petition states, “in light of the housing crisis throughout the country, we, as members of Knesset and signatories, call on you [Netanyahu] and the government to consider all possible solutions, including the immediate housing of tens of thousands of citizens in Judea and Samaria, as well as Jerusalem.”</p>
<p>The Prime Minister has made no official response to the petition.</p>
<p>This event fulfills fears that the housing crisis in Israel might fuel further settlement development in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.</p>
<p>There are currently approximately 500,000 illegal Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.</p>
<p>Illegal settlement construction has been a major obstacle in the peace process; most recently last year when talks collapsed because Netanyahu refused to freeze construction.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/61799?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter">Israeli MK’s Petition Netanyahu to Immediately Increase Illegal Settlement of West Bank &#8211; International Middle East Media Center</a>.</p>
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