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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211;  Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:22PM GMT</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">Israel&#8217;s illegal settlement units being constructed in the West Bank. (File photo)</div>
<div id="divLead">Israel has approved the construction of 277 new settler units in the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank despite international condemnation of the move.</div>
<p>The plan was authorized by Israel&#8217;s Minister of Military Affairs, Ehud Barak, AFP reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now the defense minister is allowing us to finish this neighborhood,&#8221; said Ron Nachman, the mayor of Ariel.</p>
<p>It is the largest construction project in a single settlement under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>
<p>In recent weeks, Tel Aviv has moved ahead with two other settlement projects in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.</p>
<p>The regime recently approved the construction of 2,700 illegal units in two neighborhoods in the occupied region.</p>
<p>The plans are in defiance of rising international criticism of Israel&#8217;s continued settlement construction.</p>
<p>The UN, the European Union and Russia have condemned the final approval for the building of settler units in the occupied Palestinian territories.</p>
<p>PM/JR/HJL</p>
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