Israel to build new 1,355 settler homes
Israel plans to build more residences for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a government ministry said yesterday, adding to those announced in August by the new ruling coalition.
"Tenders for 1,355 homes in Judea and Samaria have been published," a ministry statement said, referencing the biblical names used for the West Bank. The new accommodation adds to the more than 2,000 residences which defence sources said in August would be authorised for settlers in the West Bank.
About 475,000 Israeli Jews live in settlements in the West Bank, which are considered illegal under international law.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six-Day War of 1967 and exercises full administrative control across much of the territory, where more than two million Palestinians live.
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