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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Israel reopens historic settlement in north West Bank

Ganim: Israel officially reopened the West Bank settlement of Ganim on Thursday more than 20 years after it withdrew from the community, emblematic of the current government's policy of rapid settlement expansion.

The smell of freshly poured asphalt hung in the air above Ganim's newly-made and only street, where future residents and their families -- who had come to help with the move -- smiled at the sight of their pre-fabricated homes.

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