Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman gave instructions on Thursday evening for the construction of 430 settlement units in the occupied West Bank.
The plan is to be approved next week by the Israeli Civil Administration’s High Commission for Planning and Settlement.
Israel’s Channel 7 said the commission is slated to gather on Wednesday to give its final approbation of the settlement bid following Lieberman’s instructions.
Israeli illegal settlements across the West Bank have swallowed more than 42% of Palestinian land in the occupied area.
Under international law settlement construction and expansion in occupied territories is deemed illegal.
