The Zionist entity approved on Monday plans for 50 new settlements in occupied East Jerusalem as Pope Francis wrapped up a visit to the region.

The Zionist entity approved on Monday plans for 50 new settlements in occupied East Jerusalem as Pope Francis wrapped up a visit to the region, city officials said.

Har Homa is a settlement neighborhood in the southern sector of Arab East Jerusalem which was occupied by the Zionist entity during the 1967 Six Day War then annexed, in a move not recognized by the international community.

It was the first such announcement of Zionist plans to build on land seized in 1967 since the collapse last month of the US-led peace talks, Agence France Presse reported.

Figures quoted by the Zionist settlement watchdog Peace Now show that during the nine months of talks, the entity of occupation approved plans for nearly 14,000 new settler homes.