US EditionIsrael approves dozens of new settlements in West Bank, watchdog says
The move would raise government-approved settlements to 103 and adds water and electricity plans despite warnings that the army is already stretched thin.
- Israel has approved establishing 34 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli watchdog group, Peace Now.
- The Palestinian Presidency's office condemned the plan as a "flagrant violation of international law".
- Some 500,000 settlers live in the West Bank, home to 3 million Palestinians, and settler violence against Palestinians has increased sharply.
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The Israeli security cabinet approved 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank in early April – almost unnoticed. An NGO calls this a worrying development. By Clemens Verenkotte.
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Palestinians alarmed as Israel approves 34 new West Bank settlements
They will be added to the 68 already founded by the Netanyahu government.
In total, more than 100 Israeli settlements are now occupying the West Bank. This "secret" addition of the authorities was decided in early April.
According to a media report, Israel has approved 34 settlements in the West Bank.
Israel will create 34 new colonies in the occupied Cision, according to an UN and Israeli press, which states that the government has taken this decision at the beginning of April, in secret, transmitted the AFP.
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