CCTV9英语新闻：Israel announces plans to build 1,400 homes_在线英语听力室

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Israel has announced plans to build 1400 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territory the Palestinians claim for their future state.

The new homes are planned in Ramat Shlomo, an enclave in east Jerusalem, and in various West Bank settlements. Israel’s housing ministry¹ said 800 new houses will be built in the West Bank and 600 in east Jerusalem.

A spokesman for the Palestinian government on Friday condemned² the announcement, calling it a message that the Israeli government is not really responding to the international efforts for a two-state solution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed³ the announcement during US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit.

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1 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 condemned
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。 The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

3 postponed
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
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The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。 The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

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CCTV9英语新闻：Israel announces plans to build 1,400 homes