Israeli guards stand on the balcony of a house purchased by Jews in the mostly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli guards quietly occupied two purchased residential buildings in a Palestinian district of East Jerusalem on Monday, expanding a Jewish settler project in defiance of U.S. criticism.
A previous move on Sept. 30 by settlers into homes bought in the Silwan neighbourhood, in an area captured by Israel in a 1967 war, coincided with a U.S. visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and drew White House condemnation.
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