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GAZA, Sept 13 (KUNA) -- From demolishing Palestinian towns to the planning
of more settlements, the Israeli authorities seemed to be determined to
dictate the lives of Palestinians in an unjustified manner.
Earlier Monday, Israeli police bulldozers demolished the Palestinian
village of Al-Araqeeb in Negev, making such an incident the fifth of its kind
in the history of the village.
Meanwhile, Israeli (Peace Now) group noted that around 2,066 housing units
are planned to be in 42 settlements within the occupied Palestinian lands with
construction beginning on September 26.
The settlement issue is one of the major key items within the direct peace
talks between Palestinians and Israelis but such announcement reflects a
sentiment that Israel is not planning of the halt of settlement plans anytime
soon.
More on the Tel Aviv policies, Israel allowed today the entrance of car
parts to the Gaza Strip for the first time since the blockade began in 2007.
Such steps are within the Israeli government decision in last July to ease
the blockade on the strip which came after international pressure which came
after the Israeli marine attack on the freedom Flotilla. (end)
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