The haredi mayor, Yaakov Guterman, says that talk of a settlement freeze is particularly unfair for Modiin Illit.
BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September
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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
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This would involve adjustments to the Green Line, perhaps involving Israel swapping its territory for the settlements Ariel, Modiin Illit, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion, etc.
BBC: Obstacles to Middle East peace: Borders and settlements