Haaretz Hebrew newspaper on Wednesday unveiled an Israeli plan to construct three settlements in Jordan Valley area east of the West Bank.
The Israeli daily newspaper stated that the Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Jewish National Fund announced Wednesday a new settlement plan in the northern Jordan Valley including doubling the number of settlers and setting up three new outposts.
It also reported that 20 settlements exist in the northern Jordan Valley with some 4500 settlers. The new settlements to be established are Givat Sal’it Bitronot and Given Eden it added.
The Israeli government approved the settlement plan and allocated budgets for this purpose the newspaper added.
