JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Israel announced on Sunday plans to build up to 750 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, near Jerusalem, in a move likely to complicate its U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians.

Government officials said the housing units would be erected in the settlement of Givat Ze'ev. (Reporting by Avida Landau, Writing by Jeffrey Heller, Editing by Adam Entous)

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