#Israel approves 829 settler homes in #west_bank: NGO
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Palestinians throw stones at Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank village of Qusra, after Jewish settlers from the illegal Esh Kodesh outpost tried to uproot Palestinian olive trees, on November 18, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
Israeli authorities have given the go-ahead for the construction of 829 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Monday. “The construction of 829 homes has been approved by a committee of the Israeli military in charge of the West Bank,” said Lior Amihai, a Peace Now official. “This is yet another move that threatens to derail the peace process,” Amihai told AFP. read (...)