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Israel’s illegal West Bank settlement plans face global condemnation

A construction site of new housing projects in the Israeli settlement of Givat Ze'ev [File: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes in the occupied West Bank is facing widespread condemnation from several countries, including some of Tel Aviv’s staunchest allies.

The country’s settlement-planning authority on Wednesday greenlit permits for nearly 3,500 new illegal settlement housing units in the occupied Palestinian territory, the first such approval since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7 last year.

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