Settlement monitor: Israel OKs some 3,000 new settler homes
ABC News
An Israeli settlement monitor says Israel has approved about 3,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM -- A settlement monitor said Wednesday that an Israeli committee approved about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a day after the Biden administration issued its strongest condemnation yet of the proposed construction.
Word of the approval came from Hagit Ofran from the anti-settlement group Peace Now. There was no immediate confirmation from the Defense Ministry.
Israeli public broadcaster Kan also reported that about 3,000 units were approved.
The ministry's higher planning council, which authorizes West Bank construction, convened Wednesday to authorize the housing units, with more than half of them getting final approval before building starts. The start of the meeting was confirmed by the Israeli defense body COGAT.
