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03/16/2006:

"Israel starts work on new settlement"

The Israeli government has begun to develop facilities for what eventually could be the largest settlement project in the West Bank since 1967.

On Monday, Israeli officials confirmed that Israel was building a police headquarters and "other facilities" in what it calls the E-1 area, extending from East Jerusalem to the settlement of Maali Adomim, the largest in the West Bank.

In addition to 3550 settler units, the planned development would include a road network, six hotels and a park.

Non-Jews would not be allowed to live or buy land in the settlement.
aljazeera.net