Netanyahu Pledges to Build New Settlement, Add to Rest
- Israeli police drag away last holdouts from West Bank outpost
- Knesset to vote on bill legalizing unauthorized outposts
Benjamin Netanyahu
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would erect Israel’s first new settlement in a quarter-century and build thousands of homes across the West Bank as security officers evacuating an unsanctioned settler outpost dragged away the last holdouts.
After a freezing night of confrontation at Amona, a hilltop near the Palestinian city of Ramallah where 40 Israeli families were forced from ramshackle mobile homes, Netanyahu called on the settlers to compromise.