’Israel’ to Approve New 1,000 WB Settling Units, Netanyahu Rejects EU Dictates

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The Zionist entity is expected on Wednesday to give the green light for the construction of 1,071 new settling units in six West Bank settlements.

The news came as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Jordan at the start of a sixth round of talks to try to get the so-called "peace" negotiations rolling.
It also came as the European Union was due to publish on Friday guidelines barring member states from funding projects in illegal Jewish settlements.

In details, the "Israeli" NGO, so-called "Peace Now" said that an "Israeli" government committee was expected to grant initial approval for plans to build 339 units at Galgal and Almog settlements in the Jordan valley, Kfar Adumim northeast of Occupied al-Quds and at Kochav Yaacov and Shilo near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Another 732 units were to be given a more advanced level of approval, one stage before the start of construction, at the West Bank's biggest settlement, Modiin Ilit, a community of 58,000 ultra-Orthodox Zionists west of Ramallah.

"These approvals are part of an unprecedented wave of advancing settlement plans," the watchdog said. "This is yet another message by "Israel" to the US and the Palestinians that this government is not ready for peace."

It is worth mentioning that "Israel" has escalated the expropriation of Palestinian land and the construction of West Bank settlements late last year to punish Palestinians for upgrading their member status at the UN.
"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meanwhile on Tuesday slammed the EU for barring the bloc's 28 member states from funding projects in "Israeli" settlements.

"We shall not accept any external dictates on our borders," his office quoted him as telling an emergency ministerial meeting.

"I would expect those who concern themselves with peace and stability in the region to only debate such an issue after resolving problems which are slightly more urgent, such as the Syrian civil war or Iran's race to obtain nuclear weapons," the statement from his office said.

The EU move infuriated "Israel", with another high-ranking official describing it as an "attack" on the Zionist entity.
"When it comes to disputed territories, the Europeans prefer to attack a small country like Israel instead of taking on more powerful states, because they're afraid of retaliation," the unnamed "Israeli" official.

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