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| Israel approves construction of 764 houses in three West Bank settlements |
| 2025-12-11 |
The Palestinins choose not to sign a peace treaty, so the Israelis are free to continue building. Each day, another inch. [IsraelTimes] Smotrich says units in Hashmonaim, Beitar Illit, and Givat Ze’ev part of ‘strategic move’ to bolster settlements; Palestinian Authority says policy ‘aims to ignite the region’Israel on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the construction of 764 more houses in three settlements in the West Bank. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that the Higher Planning Council, the Defense Ministry body in charge of settlement construction plans in the West Bank, approved 478, 230, and 56 housing units in the Hashmonaim, Beitar Illit, and Givat Ze’ev, respectively. Smotrich, who oversees civilian affairs in the West Bank, called the council’s decision part of a "clear strategic move to strengthen settlement and ensure continuity of life, security and growth." Wednesday’s decision puts the total of housing units approved in the West Bank since Smotrich assumed his post at 51,370, he said in the statement. The settlements are thought by most of the international community to be illegal under international law. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... He demanded that the Trump administration pressure Israel to stop settlement expansion "in order to ensure the success of President Trump’s efforts and endeavors to stop the war and achieve stability in the region." The decision comes less than a month after plans were announced to seize parts of a major West Bank archaeological site. In August, Israeli authorities approved construction on the controversial E1 settlement project in the territory that would effectively cut it in two. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under heavy criticism from Paleostinians and rights groups for accelerating settlement expansion in the West Bank, which they say is aimed at preventing the establishment of a future Paleostinian state there. Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... — areas claimed by the Paleostinians for a future state — in the 1967 war. The West Bank is currently home to around three million Paleostinians, as well as about 500,000 Israeli settlers. Israel annexed East Jerusalem. Related: West Bank: 2025-12-09 West Bank: Arab Israeli teen, Palestinian killed by IDF, which says they were stoning motorists West Bank: 2025-12-09 Construction work begins on first two sections of upgraded security barrier along Jordan border West Bank: 2025-12-09 US envoy Mike Waltz raises ‘need for stability in West Bank’ in talks with Jordan’s king |
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