Israel’s government has accelerated the construction of settlements across East Jerusalem, with more than 20 projects totalling thousands of housing units having been approved or advanced since the start of the war in Gaza six months ago, planning documents show.
Ministries and offices within the Israeli government are behind all the largest and most contentious of the projects, sometimes in association with rightwing nationalist groups with a history of trying to evict Palestinians from their homes in parts of the city.
“The fast-tracking of these plans has been unparalleled in the last six months,” said Sari Kronish, from the Israeli human rights organisation Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights. “While many government bodies were shuttered or had limited operation following 7 October, the planning authorities continued to plough forward, advancing these plans at unprecedented speed.”
The rapid approval or construction of settlements that are illegal under international law is likely to further damage Israel’s relationship with the Biden administration.
That practice has been going on for decades.
Israel recently committed the biggest annexation of Palestine in decades:
Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit
All the Israelis, vocal of their support for this genocide, should be forced from their homes, along with the new settlements being given to Palestinians
Edit: incredibly no downvote brigade, they must be busy being briefed on the spin to sell war with Iran
Is there a Hebrew word for Lebensraum?
israel
