Israel set to approve construction of over 1,000 new settler units in al-Quds
Israel will approve plans for the construction of more than 1,000 new settler units in occupied al-Quds.
Israeli media reports said authorities will approve the new settler homes in different existing settlements on Wednesday.
The Israeli broadcaster KAN said 380 settlement units will be built in the Nof Zion settlement near the Jabal al-Mukaber area in addition to a school, two synagogues, and commercial areas.
Under the Israeli plan, 650 settlement units, commercial areas, a school, a synagogue, a community center, and kindergartens will also be built between Kibbutz Ramat Rachel and the Har Homa settlements near the Palestinian neighborhood of Sur Baher in East al-Quds.
Hawkish Israeli politicians seek to promote the expansion of the al-Quds municipality boundary to include settlements classified in the West Bank areas – a move that would embolden the Jewish population in the occupied region.
Tensions are running high across the occupied Palestinian territories. Israeli troops continue incursions into various towns and refugee camps in the West Bank.
The Palestinian resistance groups have condemned Israel’s extensive aggression in the occupied West Bank as “an open and undeclared war.”
More than 700,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
The international community views the settlements as illegal under international law and the Geneva Conventions due to their construction on occupied territories.
The UN Security Council has condemned Israel’s settlement activities in several resolutions.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of historical Palestine illegal.
The ICJ demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds. It was mere words.
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