’Israel’ Approves 200 More Settler Units in Occupied East Al-Quds

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An "Israeli" planning committee approved plans to build 200 units in a Zionist settlement neighborhood of annexed East Al-Quds on Wednesday despite mounting unrest.

'Israel' Approves 200 More Settler Units in Occupied East Al-Quds

Occupied East Al-Quds has been shaken by months of clashes and "Israeli" city councilor Yosef Pepe Alalu said that plans to build in the Ramot neighborhood would cause further tensions.

"This is a new building plan and we are at the preliminary stage," he said.

"It is a decision which is going to cause great harm," he further said. 

Furthermore, a spokesman for the so-called settlement watchdog "Peace" Now, Lior Amihai, also denounced the move.

"This is terrible -- and in the middle of such a sensitive period," he said. 

Meanwhile, Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair said, "In the present circumstances, such building can only have the impact of further inflaming an already tense situation." 

At the end of October, "Israel" announced it was moving ahead with plans to build more than 1,000 new settler units in occupied East Al-Quds.

"Israel" seized occupied East Al-Quds during the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team