Israel approves further settlement construction in occupied territories

Israel approved plans to build 300 new homes in Jewish settlements within the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

 A statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said, “immediate construction of 300 housing units has been approved.”

The statement added that a plans to construct a further 413 homes in the captured East Jerusalem area had also been approved.

Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war.

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