Israel: Netanyahu wants to speed up new construction projects in settlements
General view showing the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 19, 2019 (illustrative image).
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The announcement was made by the Israeli Prime Minister on Monday.
Benjamin Netanyahu wants to advance the construction of more than 800 housing units in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory.
This statement comes as Israel is on an election campaign, but it also falls within ten days of a political alternation in the United States.
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At this point, the announcement has yet to be confirmed by a commission from the Israeli Defense Ministry.
This should meet next week.
But the plan to push ahead with the construction of more than 800 housing units in seven West Bank settlements has received support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz.
The two heads of government, in direct confrontation as the country embarked on a new electoral campaign, both want to give pledges to the settlers and their supporters.
Among the seven settlements concerned, one is the one where a Franco-Israeli woman who was murdered at the end of December lived.
Another is considered illegal under Israeli law.
“
We are here to stay.
We continue to build the Land of Israel,
”wrote Benyamin Netanyahu on his Facebook page.
But the head of government also wants to take advantage of the presence in the White House of a president favorable to the program of the Israeli right.
After the election of Joe Biden, he had already launched a tender for the construction of housing in a new settlement in East Jerusalem.
At the risk of offending the future American president, hostile to colonization.
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