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What will the Trump presidency mean for Israel's settlement activity?

On Sunday, an unnamed Jerusalem Municipal official signalled that the 'freeze' on Jewish settlements promoted by President Obama could be coming to end, with the announcement that the construction of up to 1,400 housing units in the ultra-Orthodox Ramat Shlomo settlement in the occupied West Bank may be given the go-ahead. What does a Trump presidency mean for Israel's settlement activity? Dan Damon spoke to Judah Gross, Military Correspondent for the Times of Israel.

(Photo: Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish settlement in the mainly Palestinian eastern sector of Jerusalem. Credit:Getty Images)

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