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ERUSALEM— (MCT)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his Cabinet
has decided to retroactively legalize three West Bank outposts that
previous governments had conceded were built without permission, marking the first step toward what critics fear will become Israel's first official new settlements since 1990. Government officials said it was inaccurate to characterize the legalization process as establishing new settlements, noting that the three outposts were founded in the 1990s, reportedly with the government's blessing. Officials said the outposts only lack certain technical authorizations and planning permits, which now will be given.
"This decision does not change the reality on the ground whatsoever," said a government official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue. "It does not establish new settlements or expand existing ones."
The decision late Monday by a Cabinet committee begins a long administrative process to authorize the small settlements of Rehalim, Sansana and Bruchin.
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