Israel approves first West Bank settler homes since Gulf deals

Israel approves first West Bank settler homes since Gulf deals

It said that around 2,000 more homes were expected to be approved on Thursday.







AFP

, Wednesday 14 Oct 2020







A picture taken on October 14, 2020 shows Israeli construction cranes at a building site of new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Kochav Yaakov (background), near the Palestinian city of Ramallah, adjacent to the Qalandiya refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank. AFP













Israel approved 2,166 new homes in settlements across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, official figures sent to AFP showed, ending an eight-month lull in settlement expansion.

The approvals came less than a month after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements to normalise relations with Israel, which in