Hebrew sources unraveled behind-closed-doors cooperation between the Israeli government and the US administration to construct new settlement units on Palestinian land in al-Khalil.
The Hebrew-speaking 0404 news site quoted sources close to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as denying reports that the construction of new settlement homes is the product of pressure by Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Education Minister Naftali Bennett.
According to the same sources last month Netanyahu told the US administration about his decision to construct dozens of new homes for Israeli settlers in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil.
On Sunday the Israeli government approved a plan to construct 31 settlement homes in al-Khalil in a move that is said to be forwarded by Deri and Bennett.
Israeli settlements across the occupied Palestinian territories are deemed illegitimate under international law.
