Israel Planning 1,000 More Illegal Settlement Units in Al-Quds
The public broadcaster KAN said the Planning and Building Committee of the Israeli municipality in al-Quds will approve the new settler homes in different existing settlements in East al-Quds.
Under the Israeli plan, 380 settlement units will be built in the Nof Zion settlement near the Jabal al-Mukaber area in addition to a school, two synagogues, and commercial areas, KAN said.
The broadcaster said 650 settlement units, commercial areas, a school, a synagogue, a community center, and kindergartens will also be built between Kibbutz Ramat Rachel and the Har Homa settlements near the Palestinian neighborhood of Sur Baher in southern East al-Quds.
According to KAN, a proposal was sent last week by al-Quds's Deputy Mayor Arieh King, a right-wing politician, to the Israeli regime to promote the expansion of the al-Quds municipality boundary to include settlements classified in the West Bank areas, in a move that would strengthen the Jewish majority in al-Quds.
According to Israeli estimates, the Palestinians represent 39% of the residents of both East and West al-Quds.
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The international community, including the UN, considers the Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law. The UN has repeatedly warned that continued settlement expansion threatens the viability of a two-state solution, a framework seen as key to resolving the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
Source: Anadolu Agency
