Israel plans new settlements while freeing Palestinian prisoners

[Jefferson23]

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel will reveal plans to build 1,400 settler homes in the West Bank and in east Jerusalem to coincide with the weekend release of Palestinian prisoners, military radio said Friday.

A third batch of Palestinian prisoners is due to be released on Sunday as part of conditions that Israel agreed to when it committed to resume US-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians in July.

Palestinians have warned repeatedly that settlement building destroys the fragile peace process which US Secretary of State John Kerry struggled to revive after a three-year hiatus.

Military radio said 600 new housing units would be build in the existing settlement of Ramat Shlomo in east Jerusalem, a mostly Arab sector annexed by Israel, while the remainder would be constructed in West Bank settlements.

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[azurnoir]

1. so should we be expecting the usual round of

shaming articles that usually accompany a prisoner release, seems as much part off the territory as the land for people deal going on now

[Jefferson23]

2. Probably. What is even more troubling is the EU guidelines may not go into effect

b/c they're supposedly negotiating. It is a terribly fixed game.