11:58, 03 December 2012 | GMT +5
UN warns Israel of peace 'blow'
JERUSALEM. December 3. KAZINFORM Israeli settlement plans in a strategically sensitive area of occupied land near East Jerusalem would deal "an almost fatal blow" to peace hopes, UN head Ban Ki-moon has warned.

Palestinians in East Jerusalem could be completely cut off from the rest of the West Bank, he said.
Israel authorised 3,000 additional housing units a day after the UN voted to upgrade Palestinian status, BBC News reported.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue with the building plans.
The UN General Assembly backed a proposal on Thursday by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to change the Palestinians' status at the UN to that of non-member observer state.
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