Israeli settlements almost tripled in 1st half of 2017: Report

‘A newly published report shows that the scale of the Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories has increased by almost three times in the first half of 2017, compared to the same period last year.
The Palestinian national office for the defense of land and resistance of settlement released the figure in its weekly report on Saturday.
The recent escalation of the Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank and Jerusalem al-Quds is in full disregard of international condemnations, the report said.
Earlier this week, Netanyahu took part in a cornerstone ceremony for the construction of 1,000 new units in the settlement of Beitar Ilit, near the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem.
Saturday’s report said the new structures were meant to house the Israelis who were evicted from Amona, an illegal settlement shut down by the Supreme Court.’
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