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Ya'alon Proposes New Settlement in Memory of Murdered Teens

Defense minister's proposal part of larger plan to expand settlement construction; Livni threatens to vote against, says it would turn national tragedy into political issue.

ברק רביד - צרובה
Barak Ravid
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Barak Ravid

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed Monday night that Israel's response to the murder of the three teenagers in the West Bank include a wave of settlement construction and the establishment of a new settlement in memory of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, a senior Israeli official told Haaretz.

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