A general view shows the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Ilit, near Bethlehem April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The number of Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank could grow by as much as 50 percent by 2019, Israel's ultra-nationalist construction minister said on Friday.
Palestinians want the West Bank as part of their future state and blamed settlement expansions for the breakdown last month of U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel - a position supported in part by Washington, but rejected by the Israelis.
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