Israel publishes tenders for 621 settlement homes in the West Bank a day after the Defense Ministry finished advancing plans for 2,191 other homes.
The publishing of tenders is an additional stage required for projects located in larger settlements where they are marketed by the Housing Ministry to private contractors, even though these homes have already received what is considered “final approval for construction.”
The tenders published are for homes in the Ma’ale Adumim, Beit Aryeh, Beitar Illit and Karnei Shomron settlements.
In 2018, a total of 3,788 tenders were published, roughly 600 more than the previous year and the highest amount since 2002.
Responding to the move, the Peace Now settlement watchdog says in a statement that “[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is willing to sell the interests of the Israeli public just to give more gifts to the settlers and scrape together more votes for his political survival.”
— Jacob Magid
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