Zionist Entity To Issue Tenders For New Settlement Units

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"Israeli" sources have reported that the "Israeli" Housing Ministry is planning to issue tenders for the construction of hundreds of units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, this coming week.

Haaretz said that the official claimed that the understandings, mediated by the United States, leading to the resumption of direct peace talks with the Palestinians, "did not include any commitment from Tel Aviv to freeze settlement construction activities".

It added that, during their Wednesday meeting in Rome, "Israeli" Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, informed US Secretary of State, John Kerry, of the new "Israeli" construction plan. Kerry also informed the Palestinians of the "Israeli" decision.

According to the paper, Netanyahu claims he is trying to appease the settlers, especially right-wingers, as they will be holding massive protests against the release of Palestinian political prisoners.

Furthermore, "Israeli" Deputy Defense Minister, Danny Dannon, sent a letter to "Israeli" ministers asking them to oppose the release of the detainees.
An "Israeli" government official said that Netanyahu intends to go ahead with the release of the detainees as planned, as the understanding reached with the Palestinians obliges Tel Aviv to release 104 detainees, held since before the first Oslo Agreement of 1993, on four stages.

"Israel's" settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as illegal and violate International Law.

Source: "Israeli" Websites