Israel OK’s building of 1,200 new settler units

Israel has approved plans to construct over a thousand new settler units in the settlement of Gilo in Tel Aviv-occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem), despite growing international condemnation.


An Israeli planning and building committee on Monday decided to proceed with its plans to build 1,200 illegal settler units in Gilo.

Gilo is among five major settlements in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) that were developed by Israel following its Six-Day War of 1967, which brought the Gaza Strip, East al-Quds, and the West Bank under Tel Aviv’s occupation.


The plan to expand the Gilo settlement came amid rising condemnation by the international community over Tel Aviv’s plans to construct as many as 6,500 more settler units on the occupied Palestinian territories.

This includes the regime’s plan to build 2,610 settler units in the settlement of Givat Hamatos, a village located in the south of al-Quds. They also approved the construction of 1,500 settler units in the settlement of Ramat Shlomo, located in the north of East al-Quds [link to www.presstv.ir]