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Israel to construct nearly 300 new settler units in East Jerusalem al-Quds

Monday, 06 November 2017 2:07 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 06 November 2017 3:09 PM ]

A picture taken from the Israeli settlement of Qedar shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank on October 26, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Israeli officials are expected to advance plans for the construction of nearly 300 new settler units in East Jerusalem al-Quds irrespective of the international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s land expropriation and settlement expansion policies in occupied Palestinian territories.

The so-called Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee is going to issue permits for the construction of 292 new settlement units on Wednesday, Palestine News Network cited a report broadcast by Hebrew-language Kan 11 Israeli television channel on Monday.

The units will reportedly be built in Gilo and Ramat Shlomo settlements in East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Less than a month before Trump took office, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2334, calling on Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem” al-Quds.

About 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Buildings are seen under construction in the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev in front of the Israeli barrier separating Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on the background on October 26, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.

The last round of Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2014. Among the major sticking points in those negotiations was Israel’s continued settlement expansion on Palestinian territories.

Trump backtracked on Washington’s support for a “two-state solution” earlier this year, saying he would support any solution favored by both sides.

“Looking at two-state or one-state, I like the one that both parties like. I’m very happy with the one both parties like. I can live with either one,” the US president said during a joint press conference with Netanyahu in Washington on February 15.

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