12.04.2005, 15:58
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Zitat:Sharon rejects US settlements warning
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a warning from US President George Bush not to expand West Bank settlements, saying Israel will continue its hold on areas it considers of strategic importance.
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The prime minister said that while US opposition to the settlements dated back to when Israel first captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war, Israel had nevertheless continued to build communities to keep a hold on the land.
He said Israel would keep large settlement blocs such as Maale Adumim. "The blocs will be part of Israel, with everything that that entails," Sharon said, indicating the construction that will link Maale Adumim to Jerusalem would continue.
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