Houses are seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel published plans on Monday to build 272 homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his 10th visit in a year trying to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Palestinians fear Israeli settlements, built on occupied land and deemed illegal by the United Nations, will deny them a viable state and have warned that further construction could derail the talks that Kerry has struggled to keep on track.
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