The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) approved on Monday a group of settlement plans that aim to build new settlement units in Israeli settlements established on Palestinian-owned lands in the West Bank Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) said in a report on Tuesday.
ARIJ pointed out that the plans aim at expanding settlements established on the lands of Jerusalem Bethlehem Al-Bireh Jenin and Salfit. It added that seven out of nine settlements established on the lands west of the separation wall will be expanded as well.
The institute underlined that the IOA approved the building of 1061 new settlement units in the illegal settlement of Beitar Illit established on Palestinian-owned lands in Bethlehem in addition to several units in Mifu Huron and Efrat settlements.
It added that settlement plans in the illegal settlements of Shaked Tal Menashe and Kiryat Arba would be approved stressing that all Israeli settlement activities across the West Bank and Jerusalem are deemed illegal under international law and international humanitarian law.
