Word: sefer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his election campaign this spring. TIME's Eric Silver reports from Jerusalem that the new housing is part of a plan drawn up years ago but shelved under the Labor governments of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. The new apartments will be in Kiryat Sefer, a settlement of strictly observant Jews that is essentially a suburb of Jerusalem. Observant Jews traditionally have large families, creating population pressure in existing orthodox communities, so the new apartments should fill quickly. Silver says that other than being on the wrong side of the "Green Line" separating Israel...