The Zionist entity is planning to move ahead with another 3,360 new settler units in the West Bank, Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday, quoting an MP from the ruling right-wing Likud party.
The Zionist entity is planning to move ahead with another 3,360 new settler units in the West Bank, Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday, quoting an MP from the ruling right-wing Likud party.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Netanyahu's government will begin advancing a series of construction plans in east Jerusalem and the West Bank to the tune of some 5,000 new housing units, in an effort to 'offset' the release of Palestinian prisoners earlier this week," the paper said.
The figure includes the construction of 1,500 new homes in East Jerusalem which was announced early on Wednesday immediately after Israel freed 26 long-serving prisoners in line with its commitments to US-backed peace talks.
The European Union's top diplomat has denounced the Israeli plan to build more than 1,500 settler units in the Zionist settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, says the EU "deplores" the Israeli plan and says it violates international law.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon condemned the Israeli plan as well, and Washington said it would not create a "positive environment" for the negotiations.
Russia has also condemned the Israeli regime's plan to build 1,500 new illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
Palestinian Official: Zionist Entity to Demolish Homes of over 15,000 East Jerusalemites
Municipality officers escorted by Israeli soldiers issued demolition warrants for thousands of Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ras Khamis and Ras Shahada on Friday, a local Palestinian official said.
Jamil Sanduqa, who chairs a local committee to develop the Ras Khamis neighborhood, said that over 15,000 Palestinians live in the buildings slated for demolition.
The Zionist entity has destroyed more than 500 Palestinian properties in the West Bank and mostly East Jerusalem since the beginning of this year, displacing 862 people, according to UNOCHA.
