Israel To Build 450 Homes in West Bank as Army Resumes Arrest of Minors

‘The Israeli authorities on Friday published tenders to build 450 new illegal settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the head of an NGO that monitors settlement activity said, as Zionist settlers attempted to kidnap an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler in occupied East Jerusalem.

“It’s the opening of the settlement floodgates,” said Daniel Seidemann, head of the Terrestrial Jerusalem group, adding that the announcements were the first since October 2014 and unlikely to be the last before the March 17 general election.

Settlement watchdog Peace Now said that the new homes were to be built in four existing settlements across the occupied West Bank — 114 in Adam, 156 in Elkana, 78 in Alfei Menashe and 102 in Kiryat Arba.’

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