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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Peace Now: Israel approved more settlement development in 2023 than any previous year
Construction equipment and caravan houses are seen at the new illegal outpost of Hamor near the West Bank settlement of Maale Levona on June 22, 2023, following a deadly terror attack at a nearby gas station two days before. (Courtesy)
The Peace Now organization says Israel has approved more settlement construction and development in the seven months since the start of 2023 than in any other previous year.
Under the hardline right-wing government, authorities have advanced the approval of 12,855 homes, passing the previous record of 12,000 in 2020, the organization says.
It has also retroactively legalized 22 illegal outposts, another unprecedented number, the group notes.
