Government authorizes nearly 2,000 new settlement homes

30 May 2018, 4:41 pm

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The Defense Ministry committee responsible for authorizing settlement construction advances plans Wednesday for nearly 2,000 new homes in the West Bank.

Of the 1,957 homes green-lighted by the Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee, 696 of the units gain final approval for construction while 1,262 are advanced through an earlier planning stage known as a “deposit.”

Some 300 of the houses that gain final building approval are located in isolated settlements outside the so-called “settlement blocs” that most Israeli leaders argue will remain part of the Jewish state in any peace deal with the Palestinians.

— Jacob Magid