Israel to build more than 1,300 new West Bank settler homes-News

Israel on Sunday announced a tender for about 1,300 new settlement houses in the occupied West Bank.

The authorities are also expected to discuss proposals for another 3,000 homes that have already attracted the attention of the United States.

The Israeli Bureau of Land Management has issued tenders for the construction of new houses in settlements in the West Bank on land that the Palestinians hope to become a future nation.

It is expected that a government planning committee will discuss proposals for approximately 3,000 new settlement units in the coming week.

A State Department spokesperson said on Friday that such measures could increase tensions and undermine efforts to reach a peace agreement.

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The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the West Bank stated that the new settlement plan could “have a catastrophic impact on the opportunities for peace based on a two-state solution and on regional, U.S., and international efforts to build trust between Israel and Palestine. aspect”.

The US-backed peace talks between Israel and Palestine broke down in 2014.