Israeli interior ministry has approved the building of 1,200 new homes in east of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) settlement neighborhood of Gilo, the latest in a slew of such approvals

Israeli interior ministry has approved the building of 1,200 new homes in east of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) settlement neighborhood of Gilo, the latest in a slew of such approvals, Zionist entity’s watchdog Peace Now said.
  
The approval, which came late on Monday night, follows Israeli committee approvals for thousands of units in neighborhoods across occupied east Jerusalem and West Bank last week.
  
"This approval from the interior ministry for the construction of 1,200 homes in Gilo comes after a meeting on Thursday by the planning committee for the Jerusalem district to hear objections to the project," Hagit Ofran of Peace Now told AFP.
  
The approval applies to the Mordot Gilo extension of Gilo, a settlement neighborhood in occupied southern Jerusalem near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem.
  
"In the past seven days alone, Israel has approved 5,350 new settler units in East Jerusalem, a pace unprecedented since 1967," Daniel Seidemann of the Terrestrial Jerusalem settlement watchdog group wrote on his official Twitter account.