Israeli advocacy group Peace Now says Israeli authorities have agreed to accelerate plans to build more than 6,000 new housing units in dozens of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
A two-day hearing on the massive expansion plan is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday by Israel’s Higher Planning Committee, the defense body responsible for settlement planning. It is expected to be approved after that.
“It is clear that the current government’s main goal, from its decisions to its actions, is to eliminate any possibility of a political solution between Israel and Palestine,” advocacy group Peace Now said.
Since the beginning of the war, the Israeli government has focused all its efforts on building, developing and investing in construction in the West Bank.
“Ongoing settlement construction, along with decisions to build new settlements deep in the West Bank and the transfer of planning powers from the army to officials [Menteri Keuangan sayap kanan Bezalel] Smotrich, will cause a disaster for Israel and the region,” the group added.
“This is a government without public support, and it must be overthrown to save us from total destruction and eternal war,” he concluded. (aljazeera/fer)
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