Jerusalem (CNN) -- ............................................................................................................On Wednesday, initial approval for a total of up to 3,000 homes in Jerusalem was granted.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of foreign ambassadors from Asia-Pacific countries he met with on Wednesday, while overlooking Jerusalem's Old City: "The walls that you see behind me represent the capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years. All Israeli governments have built in Jerusalem. We're not going to change that. That's a natural thing."
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