Israel approves settler building plans in Palestinian West Bank city
Bezalel Smotrich approved a 1,000-square-meter school building, saying the move will create facts on the ground and block Palestinian statehood.
- On Wednesday, Israel approved expanding a Jewish school in Hebron's historic core, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announcing the move after scrapping a deal granting the Palestinian municipality planning control.
- Smotrich, who aims to bury the idea of Palestinian statehood, said the approvals serve to "create facts on the ground" and "implement practical sovereignty" by dismantling the 1997 Hebron Agreement.
- The enclave surrounding the Cave of the Patriarchs hosts more than 1,000 Jewish settlers, whom Eyal Gelman, head of Israel's council for settlers in Hebron, said welcomed removal of municipal oversight.
- Palestinian activist Issa Amro warned the agreement's dismantling risks leaving residents without basic services, describing the policy as "ethnic cleansing of Palestinian families from their homes."
- This decision follows steps taken earlier this year by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet to increase enforcement, moves Palestinian officials say amount to de facto annexation of West Bank land.
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Israel begins building new settlement near Hebron
LONDON: Israeli authorities began on Wednesday excavation and bulldozing work to build a new settlement near the city of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank. In January, authorities announced a plan to build a settlement on Palestinian-owned lands in the Mount Tarousa area, located west of Dura town in the Hebron governorate. Settlers accompanied the forces that brought
Israel approves settler building plans in Palestinian West Bank city
Israel on Wednesday approved the expansion of a Jewish school for settlers living in the centre of the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, in a construction push that Palestinians say violates a decades-old agreement.
Israel approves Hebron construction without Palestinian consent for first time in dec
Israel approves Hebron construction without Palestinian consent for first time in decades. The Higher Planning Council approved 576 housing units in the West Bank, including a 1,000-square-meter building for Shavei Hebron Yeshiva, a day after Bezalel Smotrich said parts of the Hebron planning arrangements had been revoked The post Israel approves Hebron construction without Palestinian consent for first time in decades appeared first on Jerusale…
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