Israeli occupation authorities approved on Monday the construction of 5,623 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank.

The approval includes depositing plans for the construction of 4,291 new settlement units, which constitutes an advanced stage of the planning and construction stages by the occupation authorities prior to issuing tenders for the implementation of construction projects. It also includes submitting 1,332 building plans for approval after holding a session for hearing objections, before final approval and preparation of tenders.

According to Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA), 1,000 new settlement units, more than what the occupation government had approved last week, have been approved. They will be built in the “Eli” settlement, south of Nablus.

On June 22, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli occupation’s approval of building 13,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, stressing that the occupation government continues to systematically destroy any opportunity to implement the two-state solution, and takes advantage of the failure of the international community to implement resolutions of international legitimacy to implement more expansionist settlement projects.

Source: Qatar News Agency