Jerusalem ¨C Israeli nongovernmental organizations have raised the alarm over a settlement plan signed by the government which they say would mark the first expansion of Jerusalem¡¯s borders into the occupied West Bank since 1967.
Israel has occupied east Jerusalem since 1967 and later annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community.
Palestinians view east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state.
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