Israel to build 1,220 housing units in West Bank
Israel has approved to build 1, 220 new housing units in its largest settlement in the West Bank, local media said on Thursday, Xinhua reported. Out of the total, the Civil Administration, Israel's governing body in occupied West Bank, approved 839 housing units in a new neighborhood of Ariel, the largest settlement there.
This ought to finish the goofy Kerry talks... | Some 31 housing units will be built in Almog, in the northern Dead Sea. Additional 350 housing units are planned to be built in Rahel, north of Ramallah.
The plan was initiated by the hawkish Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel, a prominent proponent of the settlement movement and former Secretary General of Yesha, the umbrella organization of municipal councils of the settlements.
Earlier Wednesday the Jerusalem Local Planning Committee just approved the construction of 184 new housing units beyond the Green Line.
Posted by: Steve White 2014-03-21 |