The settlement of Ariel has received final approval to construct 27 new factories in a new part of the industrial area.

Peace Now General Director Yariv Oppenheimer: "This is yet another surrender of the government to the demands of the settler leadership and everyday that passes the Annapolis Process is become more and more virtual. Ariel is particularly problematic because it is not next to the Green Line, but in a settlement in the heart of the West Bank. We expect that the defense minister and the whole government will keep to its commitment to freeze settlement activity and desist from actions that would make a two-state solution impossible to implement."

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