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Israel approves plans for thousands of illegal settlement homes

New housing projects are sprouting in the illegal Israeli settlement of Givat Ze'ev in the occupied West Bank [File: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israel’s far-right government has approved plans to build thousands of new homes in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a move that a Palestinian official decried as part of an “open war against the Palestinian people”.

The decision comes amid rising violence in the occupied territory and growing United States criticism of Israel’s settlement policies.

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