Women walk outside an electronics shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah during a TV broadcast showing Binyamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Mahmud Abbas on September 2. Radio Free EuropeConstruction Restarts At West Bank Settlement Sites -- CNN
Jerusalem (CNN) -- New construction at settlement sites in the West Bank began Monday, just hours after the expiration of a 10-month Israeli government moratorium on building.
CNN filmed new settlement construction in at least two locations in the West Bank.
Bulldozers and other construction equipment were used at the settlements of Revava and Ariel, and a steady flow of construction equipment and vehicles were transported on tractor trailers on the West Bank highways connecting various settlements.
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