Coalition discord as some 3,000 settler homes okayed amid left-wing, US ire
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(Worthy News) – Israel advanced the construction of some 3,000 housing units in West Bank settlements on Wednesday, despite condemnation from within the government as well as by the US administration.
The Defense Ministry’s higher planning council, which authorizes West Bank construction, said 1,804 units were given the final approval for construction. Another 1,326 housing units were advanced to a later stage of the planning process.
Approval of the new construction is bound to raise friction with the United States and Europe, anger the Palestinians and test Israel’s fragile governing coalition, which consists of a combination of nationalists and centrists and dovish parties that oppose settlements. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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