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The move, which was criticized by the U.S. State Department, will be one of Israel's largest land seizures in Palestinian territory in 30 years.
Israel announced on Sunday plans to take over some 990 acres (4,000 dunams) of land in the West Bank that currently belongs to five Palestinian villages between the Etzion settlement bloc and Jerusalem.
Israel's Civil Administration in the West Bank declared the area “state land, on the instructions of the political echelon,” which clears the way for Israel to continue construction of a new settlement named Gvaot …. http://www.telesurtv.net