Israel to settle Jews in Jerusalem

CAIRO, July 8 : Israel's !lousing Minister Ariel Sharon has pledged to settle one mil-lion Jews in and around Jerusalem on lands captured from the Arabs in the 1967 Middle East war, reports Xinhua. According to Israel Radio monitored here — Sharon also said Sunday that 2,500 new apartments will be built in the West Bank settlement Maaleh Adumim over the next three years to double its population. He was speaking at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the settlement "all this is part of the government plan to settle in greater Jerusalem" and "it will take a few years a million Jews" he told the gathering.

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