Zionist municipality of Al-Quds approved Wednesday a plan for building another 130 housing units in east Al-Quds.

Zionist municipality of Al-Quds approved Wednesday a plan for building another 130 housing units in east Al-Quds.

AFP quoted Pepe Alalu of the left-wing Meretz party as saying that “the district planning committee had given the green light to a project to build 130 homes on the eastern outskirts of Gilo which lies just a few kilometres north of Bethlehem.”

"An agreement has been reached for construction of 130 apartments in three towers of 12 storeys each," he added, indicating that the construction will begin in three years."

Israel had decided in November to speed up settlement construction of east Al-Quds and in other nearby settlements to punish the Palestinians for winning membership in the UNESCO.

Since then, Israel has reportedly issued announcements for 2,057 new settlements in east Al-Quds and 1,241 in the West Bank.