Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi condemns Israel’s advancement of plans for 2,300 homes in West Bank settlements.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a joint conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in the Jordanian capital Amman on January 6, 2018. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
“Israel’s decision to expand illegitimate settlement building by constructing 2,300 new settlement units in occupied Palestine is a condemned, unilateral move that requires the international community to pressure Israel to halt its practices that are undermining peace efforts,” Safadi tweets in Arabic.
During sessions on Monday and Tuesday, the Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee, a Defense Ministry body, cleared 1,466 homes through an early-planning stage while 838 homes received final approval for construction throughout the West Bank.
The majority of the homes advanced will be located deep in the West Bank, beyond the so-called settlement blocs.
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