17 July 2011 - 19:30

Israel is seeking construction companies to build 336 apartments in the occupied West Bank as illegal settlement activities continue in the Palestinian territories.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Israeli officials said the bids to the developer firms went out on Monday.

The estimated three-year construction would begin within the next 12 months, according to the officials.

In September 2010, the Israeli regime resumed the expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after a 10-month partial freeze, prompting Palestinian Authority leaders to break off the US-sponsored talks with Tel-Aviv that had resumed after a lengthy stalemate.

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