The haredi mayor, Yaakov Guterman, says that talk of a settlement freeze is particularly unfair for Modiin Illit.

BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September

Even if it is, now, almost impossible to imagine these 40, 000 haredim being removed and re-housed, Modiin Illit does, however, remain a settlement.

BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September

The aged rabbi also wants to be sure that as soon as the 90 days are up, building can resume in the two largest settlements, Beitar and Modiin Ilit, both sprawling Orthodox communities close to Jerusalem, just across the 1967 border.

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