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New Settlement Construction Approved Following Attack

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank village of Awarta, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar Saturday, March 12, 2011.

JERUSALEM [AP] — Israel has approved the construction of hundreds of settler homes in the West Bank, the prime minister’s office said Sunday in a stern political message to the Palestinians after three children and their parents were murdered in a remote settlement over the weekend.

Video: PM Statement Following the Itamar Terror Attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the brutal terror attack which claimed the lives of five members of the Fogel family in Itamar. Netanyahu also condemns the international community for not acting quick in condemning this act of violence as well.