Lieberman Pushes 2,500 New «Israeli» Settler Units in West Bank

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"Israeli" War Minister Avigdor Lieberman is promoting the construction of thousands of new settler units in in the occupied West Bank, according to a War Ministry press release sent out on Thursday.

Next week, the War Minister will submit for the "Supreme Planning Council's" approval about 2,500 new units for immediate construction, and another 1,400 units for advanced planning procedures, in more than 30 communities in the occupied territories.

"We have promised to promote construction in ‘Judea' and ‘Samaria' and we are keeping our promise," Lieberman said in his office's announcement, noting that "the 2,500 new ‘housing' units we will approve next week in the planning council are for immediate construction in 2018."

Settlements are one of the most heated issues in efforts to restart "Israeli"-Palestinian talks, frozen since 2014.

Most countries consider settlements that the "Israeli" entity has built in territory it captured in the 1967 Middle East war to be illegal.

The entity disputes that its settlements are legal and says their future should be determined in talks with the Palestinians.

"We will promote building in all of ‘Judea' and ‘Samaria', from the north to south, in small communities and in large ones," Lieberman wrote.

There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials.

Some 500,000 "Israelis" live in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds [Jerusalem], areas that are also home to more than 2.6 million Palestinians.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team