France summons Israeli ambassador to Paris

Move comes in response to decision to build 3,000 homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank

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Palestinians bitterly oppose the project, as it would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two, north to south, and sever it from Jerusalem, and make the creation of a viable Palestinian state even more problematic.

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