Israel approved plans for nearly 14,000 new settler homes during the nine months of peace talks with the Palestinians, an Israeli settlement watchdog said Tuesday as the negotiation period formally ended. …“This is an unprecedented number representing an average of 50 housing units per day or 1,540 per month,” it said. Israel demolished over 500 Palestinian structures throughout the US-brokered peace negotiations, the PLO said in a statement Tuesday. Citing figures from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the PLO said Israel demolished a total of 508 Palestinian structures, 312 of which were homes, from July 30, 2013 to April 29, 2014. “As a result, 878 persons were forcibly displaced,” the statement said. antiwar/blog/2014/04/30/israel-approved-14000-new-settlement-units-demolished-500-palestinian-structures-during-talks/
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