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Video: Israeli settlement homes sold to foreign buyers Jacky Rowland, Al Jazeera, May 1, 2009
In Israel the issue of settlement activity is a sensitive one. Successive UN resolutions have called for an end to illegal settlement activity and for existing settlements to be dismantled, but Israel has refused to comply. In a new twist, properties in these settlements are being offered up to foreign buyers. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland investigates.
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