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JERUSALEM -- Israel said today it had ordered the seizure of Palestinian lands to build a separation barrier that will encompass the West Bank's largest Jewish settlement.

Palestinian officials objected vehemently to the plan, which effectively annexes the settlement of Maale Adumim to Israel. They called on the Bush administration to intercede.
 
  
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