West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel opens bids for new illegal West Bank settlement housing.
Image credit: Al Jazeera English
TOP News Brief
The Newsdesk gathers reporting from wire services and primary sources and rewrites every story in-house before publication. How our journalism is made →
Israel is accepting construction bids for additional housing units in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera English reported. The tender process signals an acceleration of settlement expansion in territory considered occupied under international law and largely rejected by the global community.
Settlement construction in the West Bank has long drawn condemnation from the United Nations, the European Union, and most countries worldwide. Israel maintains that the settlements are necessary for security and historical reasons, while Palestinians and international observers view them as obstacles to any viable peace agreement. The latest housing initiative comes amid ongoing tensions over Israeli control of Palestinian land and competing claims to territory in the region.
%20(cropped).jpg?width=640)
