Israel Approves Construction of 5,700 New Illegal Settlement Units
Israeli authorities have approved the construction of nearly 5,700 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank as the Netanyahu government presses ahead with its illegal settlement expansion policy in the Palestinian territories, WAFA news agency reported on 27 June.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the final approval of the construction of the units, saying “Israel is actually rewarding settler terrorism against the Palestinian people.”
The Foreign Ministry considered the approval “a new crime committed by the Israeli government against our people and an extension of its open war against the Palestinian existence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”
The ministry further noted the new building of the new settlements would violate international law and the Geneva Conventions while endangering the two-state solution, which it said was the key to peace, security, and stability in the Middle East.
The announcement comes as part of the effort by extremist Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, who came to power with the election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November, to expand Israeli settlement building and annex the occupied West bank.
Source:The Cradle
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