Israel approved on Thursday plans to construct 610 illegal settlement units in occupied Jerusalem and Ramallah Hebrew media sources revealed.
According to the sources Israeli forces started today levelling Palestinian-owned lands located near Beit Ell settlement northeast of Ramallah as a prelude to construct 300 settlement units.
Israeli authorities also approved plans for the construction of 310 other settlement units in occupied Jerusalem.
The plans include 15 housing units in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood 75 others in Beit Hanina and 220 settlement units in the Neve Tzion illegal settlement to the south of the occupied city.
Since the start of the US President Donald J. Trump’s term there has been a 17% increase in illegal settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.
