By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel approved building permits on Sunday for hundreds of homes in three East Jerusalem settlements, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump took office, expecting him to row back on the last administration's criticism of such projects. The housing projects, on land that the Palestinians seek as part of a future state, had been taken off the Jerusalem municipality's agenda in December at the last minute at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in order to avoid further censure from the administration of Barack Obama.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-municipality-approves-hundreds-settlement-homes-east-jerusalem-093516345.html

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