fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks agoIsrael approves illegal settlement plan that would split occupied West Bank
Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that experts say would damage plans for any future territorially contiguous Palestinian state in the territory. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who announced the plan on August 14, hailed the decision as historic and framed the approval as a rebuke to Western countries that announced their plans to recognise a Palestinian state in recent weeks.
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