Israel gives final approval for 3,400 settlements in the West Bank – 2024-03-08 19:24:34

Occupying Israel has given final permission to build more than 3,400 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank. About 70 percent of the homes will be built in Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem. The rest are in nearby Kedar and Ephrath, south of Bethlehem. An Israeli minister confirmed this information on condition of anonymity.

The minister said that the construction will be started in response to the Palestinian attack near Male Adumim two weeks ago. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority strongly condemned the decision of the Dalakhdar state. On the other hand, most of the international community has been opposed to Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories. But Israel continues to settle without any objection.

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According to a report of the Israeli media Haaretz, the Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration formed to implement the decision of the Israeli government in the West Bank gave the final approval for the construction of 3 thousand 476 new housing units on Wednesday (March 6). Of these, 2,452 housing units will be built in Ma’al Adumim, 694 in Efrat and 330 in Kedar.

Israel’s finance minister and hard-right politician Bezalel Smotrich is in charge of the Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration. He said, starting from 2023, 18 thousand 515 housing units have been allowed to be built. The enemy is trying to weaken us, but we will continue to settle in that territory.

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Since the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, the occupying state has settled in 160 places in the Palestinian territory. Most of which are in different parts of the West Bank. Especially, around East Jerusalem. About 700,000 Jews live in these homes. These settlements are considered illegal by most countries of the world.

Israeli advocacy group Peace Now said in a report last month that illegal settlements in the West Bank have grown at an unprecedented rate since the war in Gaza began in October. The organization claims that instead of building a peaceful future, the Israeli government is paving the way for destruction.

Source: BBC

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