The Palestinian Authority (PA) blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, after he pledged to build thousands of new homes in Maaleh Adumim, a city of roughly 40,000 east of Jerusalem, and annex it to Israel.
Speaking at a Likud faction meeting in Maaleh Adumim, Netanyahu said, "We shall build here thousands of housing units" and add industrial zones.
"This place will be a part of the state of Israel," he stressed.
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