The Israeli occupation army’s civil administration has approved the construction of 1451 new housing units in illegal settlements throughout the West Bank and advanced plans for the construction of 837 additional units some in relatively isolated settlements.
According to Haaretz newspaper the settlement subcommittee in the administration’s supreme planning council discussed the plans on Tuesday and Wednesday and gave a final approval for 30 of these units.
The council approved 220 housing units in Givat Ze’ev 180 in Neveh Daniel 120 in Karmei Tzur 129 in Avnei Hefetz 62 in Ma’aleh Mikhmash 61 in Tzofim 42 in Alfei Menashe 55 in Tomer 18 in Adora 16 in Metzad and one in Shiloh.
Additionally 135 housing units were approved for the expansion of the eastern neighborhood of Tene Omarim settlement pending final approval by the civil administration’s environmental supervisors.
13 plans in preliminary stages of planning were advanced including plans for 152 units in Shavei Shomron settlement 94 in Haggai 100 in Halamish 75 in Shvut Rachel a neighborhood in Shiloh that functions as a separate settlement 98 near Ma’aleh Amos 82 in Ofra and two in Tzofim.
