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To: carranza2 who wrote (26874)	4/24/2002 5:55:48 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

I'm sure this won't have anything to do with the rising tensions between the Jews and Palestinians... Wednesday, April 24, 2002; 2:40 PM JERUSALEM –– The first stages of construction work are under way to connect two West Bank settlements by building housing for 480 Jewish families, an Israeli official said Wednesday. washingtonpost.com <<...The settlement issue is one of the main stumbling blocks in the search for a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace. The Palestinians demand removal of settlements from West Bank land they consider part of any future state. The guidelines of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's broad-based center-right coalition government stipulates Israel will not build new settlements, but that it can expand existing ones to accommodate what it defines as natural population growth. Sharon said this week he will not discuss dismantling settlements before October 2003 elections, and his ministers indicated that even if re-elected, Sharon wasn't expected to deal with the issue right away...>>