Settler leaders warn of ‘silent building freeze’

By TOVAH LAZAROFF 
10/27/2010 05:33

Political echelon withholding permits for over 4,300 units that have already completed the planning process, settlers say; building would be halted in nine of the largest settlements unless permits authorized.

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  Settler leaders warned Tuesday night that building would soon come to a grinding halt in nine of the largest settlements unless the relevant government ministries immediately authorize 4,321 planned units.

“The cities of Judea and Samaria are effectively frozen,” Naftali Bennett, director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, told The Jerusalem Post. “The government has promised to stop the freeze, yet it is continuing it.”

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The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment on Tuesday night.
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