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Final approval has been given for the building of 1,600 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem by the Israeli interior ministry.
The ministry is expected to approve the building of a further 2,700 homes, an official has said.
This comes weeks ahead of expected moves by the Palestinian Authority to have a Palestinian state recognised at the United Nations.
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