Despite Pledge, Israel Approves New Settlement
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 -- Israel has approved a new settlement in the West Bank to house former Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, breaking a promise to the United States to halt home construction in the Palestinian territories.
Saeb Erekat, an aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the construction and urged the government to revoke its authorization, saying it violated the spirit of cooperation inaugurated by a meeting Saturday between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Meanwhile, despite a truce, militants in Gaza launched seven rockets into Israel, hitting a street in the town of Sderot and seriously wounding two 13-year-old boys, Israeli officials said. The radical Islamic Jihad group asserted responsibility for the attacks.
