Palestinian activist IssaAmro says the settlement expansion plan 'is an indicator that Israel is violating international law with impunity and without accountability, and it shows that the international community is using double standards with Israel.'
that planning authorities would meet next week"in preparation for the construction of about 4,000 housing units" in 20 Jewish settler colonies.Israel's Civil Administration said 2,536 homes are expected to be approved by Defense Minister Benny Gantz in a meeting scheduled for next Thursday, while plans for 1,452 additional housing units are expected to be advanced.
Josh Ruebner, national advocacy director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and founder of Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel,,"Just in time for #Nakba74, Israel will greenlight 2,536 new illegal settlement units on occupied Palestinian land on Thursday." Shaked hailed the unlawful expansion of the settlements—which, like the occupation, are illegal under international law—as"basic, welcomed, and obvious,"However, Mossi Raz, a lawmaker with the leftist party Meretz—a member of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's fragile governing coalition—said the plan is"immoral and harms the future of Israeli citizens,"If approved, the Israeli plan would be the most significant settlement expansion during U.S.
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