Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state

By Karin Laub

Published December 4, 2012 10:34pm ET

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Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state — FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 file photo, Israeli police headquarters is seen in the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. On Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 Three European nations summoned their Israeli ambassadors to denounce Israel's latest settlement construction push, deepening the rift between the Jewish state and European allies that has cracked open over the Palestinians' successful U.N. statehood bid. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File) | Ariel Schalit

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel’s new plans to build thousands more homes on war-won land in and around Jerusalem.

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