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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Palestinians condemn Bennett’s announcement of thousands of new settlement homes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Palestinians are condemning an announcement by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett that he is issuing building permits for 7,000 new homes in the Efrat settlement near Bethlehem in the West Bank.
The ministry indicated the land would allow the creation of a new neighborhood called Givat Eitam.
The Palestine Liberation Organization denounces the new “violation of international law.
“This is an outrageous exploitation of the COVID-19 global pandemic to advance the illegal settler project,” senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi says in a statement.
— AFP
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