Israel to build more settlement housing

[LotusBud]

Thanks to Trump.

Sun, January 17, 2021, 6:25 PM

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel approved on Sunday plans to build hundreds of new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, projects it is advancing in the final days of the pro-settlement Trump administration.

The planned construction, on land captured by Israel in the 1967 war that Palestinians seek as part of a future state, was announced on Monday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu ordered the plans advanced and on Sunday, a government committee gave final ratification for 365 homes and preliminary approval for another 415, said the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now, which monitored the session.

A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the construction as illegal, accusing Israel of making a "pre-emptive attempt ... to undermine any effort by (incoming) U.S. President Joe Biden to relaunch the stalled peace process".

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[Dove]

One of the issues I disagreed with was the amount of attention spent on Israel from a president whose entire platform was America first.

We need more effort and resources used HERE.

 

[LotusBud]

One of the issues I disagreed with was the amount of attention spent on Israel from a president whose entire platform was America first.

We need more effort and resources used HERE.

Well, Sheldon Adelson and Jared Kushner.

Israeli settlements are criminal, imo.

 

[Dove]

Why do you view it as criminal?

 

[Oerdin]

Good. Facts on the ground are a wonderful way to punish the blood thirsty savages who refuse to make peace.

 

[Lokmar]

God gave the land to the Jews for eternity. All others? GTFO if you dont like it!