16, 2020 file photo, workers take a break before European Union officials visit the construction site for the Givat Hamatos Israeli settlement, in Jerusalem.... The plan for some 3, 000 new settler units in the West Bank has already drawn calls for restraint from the U.S., which on Friday voiced" concern" over the expected approvals.... More than half of those are receiving final approval, meaning construction could begin in the coming year....

“ The housing project will provide thousands of much-needed housing units.” An Israeli government official said that the project is in the early planning stages, and that it will probably be years before it comes up for government approval.... That has forced thousands to build without authorization — at risk of demolition — or move to the occupied West Bank.... Eldad Brin, an Israeli researcher who recently published a scholarly article on the airport, says it serviced 100, 000 passengers in

Trump provided unprecedented support for Israel's claims to land seized in war, reversing decades of U.S. policy. President Joe Biden's administration has returned to the previous approach, criticizing settlement expansion as an obstacle to resolving the conflict.... The population has risen by 16.5% since the group began compiling statistics in 2017, it says. Israel's overall annual growth rate, by comparison, is around 1.7%.... So when that hits, that’s going to increase the size of our town

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} Israel plans to build more than 3, 300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said.... The decision will put in motion approval processes for 300 new homes in the Kedar settlement and 2, 350 in Maa