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Israel approves construction in West Bank for first time in six months

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Published: 25 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Defence Ministry panel OKs 31 plans, including for mall, schools, synagogues in Ma’aleh Adumim; Joint List says decision ‘sabotages prospects for peace’

Under Bennett, Israel approves construction in West Bank for first time in six months (Haaretz)
At issue are 31 zoning plans in the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim east of Jerusalem

In first for new government, building projects in West Bank settlements approved (Times of Israel)
Defence Ministry panel okays 31 plans, including for mall, schools, synagogues; Joint List head: ‘The right continues to sabotage the prospects for peace and deepen the occupation’

Israel greenlights controversial project in Hebron’s mosque (Al-Monitor)
An Israeli project to install an electric elevator in the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron could lead to increased settler control of surrounding area.

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Reality of a West Bank outpost: four dead Palestinians and drone spraying tear gas (Haaretz)
The protest around the illegal outpost of Evyatar has claimed four lives in six weeks. Palestinians on whose lands the outpost was built tell of armed civilians walking amidst Israeli soldiers

Photo: The settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim

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