"They approved 120 housing units in Ramot, there were two permits authorized, one for 56 housing units and another for 64"

The municipal council of al-Quds (Jerusalem) has approved the construction of 120 new illegal Israeli settler units in the occupied West Bank.

The buildings, whose construction received the go-ahead on Monday, are to pop up in the settlement of Ramot in East al-Quds, AFP reported. "They approved 120 housing units in Ramot... there were two permits authorized, one for 56 housing units and another for 64," said Pepe Alalu of the Meretz party.

Alalu noted that the municipal committee's decision did not require Tel Aviv's endorsement, saying "It's final."

The recent approval is the latest in the relentless wave of Israeli construction work in the city, which Palestinians demand as the capital of their future state.