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(IsraelNN.com) A new Jewish town will be established during US President George W. Bush's visit to Israel in defiance of US governmental pressure to cease building in Judea and Samaria.

The new location, called Shdema, is on the site of a former IDF base located along the road between Jerusalem's southern Har Homa neighborhood and the eastern Gush Etzion towns of Nokdim and Tekoa.
 
The Olmert government has planned to turn the location into an Arab village.
 
"We have invited President George W. Bush and his entourage to join us at the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone," organizers announced Tuesday evening. The general public will go to the site Thursday and Friday to refurbish buildings there and accompany those who will be moving in. Call 02 996 1292 or 050 524 6770 for more information.