The Israeli occupation authorities have started the construction of hundreds of new housing units in Givat Hamatos illegal settlement built on Palestinian land in Occupied Jerusalem.
According to Israel’s Channel 10 heavy machinery and construction activity were noted in the area where some 1600 new apartments are set to be built in the settlement. The construction plans were approved sometime earlier.
The 10-month-old administration of US President Donald Trump has proven much more tolerant of Israeli settlement plans in the occupied Palestinian territories observers said adding that the move could cut Occupied Jerusalem off from neighboring West Bank provinces.
