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Lieberman calls for a panel on Palestinian W. Bank construction

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Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to establish a committee to examine illegal Palestinian construction in the West Bank, following his participation Sunday in a Knesset meeting on the status of settlement outposts, Army Radio reported Monday.

"Palestinian construction is equivalent to unauthorized outposts," Lieberman, chairman of Yisrael Beitenu, wrote in a letter to Olmert.

He added: "This is an especially worrying phenomenon as the illegal Palestinian construction is along the bypass roads in Judea and Sameria, which endangers the lives of Jewish residents," Army Radio reported.

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In an Israel Radio interview Monday morning, Lieberman denied that he had had argued with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni at a ministerial committee meeting on Sunday over whether the outposts were in fact illegal at all, but said the two hold different views on the subject.

Lieberman said the only debate was over the manner outposts slated to be evacuated would be dealt with.

"There are those in the government who want to see aggressive evacuations of West Bank outposts, in the style of Amona, because of upcoming party primaries and [desire for] ratings," he told Israel Radio. Lieberman was referring to violent clashes between police and thousands of settlers and right-wing activists at the evacuation of the West Bank outpost of Amona in February 2006.

The minister stated he favored a deal being reached with the Yesha Council of Settlements on the issue.

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1.	the Westbank belongs to the Palestinians. ..	09:58	\|	Leona	03/09/07

2.	Illegal invasion of arabs from 22 states into Biblical Israel	10:03	\|	sam	03/09/07

3.	The slight difference.......	10:13	\|	Esther	03/09/07

4.	racist minister	11:08	\|	KM	03/09/07

5.	nice	11:21	\|	r.m.	03/09/07

6.	Lieberman - Israel`s Jorg Haider	12:45	\|	Josh Goldman	03/09/07

7.	Lieberman Blows Sense Into Any Debate	12:51	\|	K.Awrekt	03/09/07

8.	Lieberman for PM	13:20	\|	ray	03/09/07

9.	Lieberman and West Bank	14:58	\|	Jules Kadish	03/09/07

10.	Lieberman the Lefty	15:08	\|	Mike	03/09/07

11.	Mr Lieberman	15:42	\|	Voice of Reason	03/09/07

12.	Oye Lieberman....	16:07	\|	Esther	03/09/07

13.	Everyone gets what he has been electing	18:32	\|	Kris	03/09/07

14.	Illegal building	18:39	\|	Don	03/09/07

15.	Please MR Lieberman, do not tickle me, Please.	21:10	\|	Hamid AK.	03/09/07

16.	#7 Kaw rekt.Ever heard OCCUPIED West Bank??	21:20	\|	Verk. van W	03/09/07

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