Israel planning to expand illegal settlements in Jerusalem after Trump's decision

Israel planning to expand illegal settlements in Jerusalem after Trumps decision
Date: 8.12.2017 15:00

Israel is planning to expand its illegal settlements in Jerusalem with 14,000 new housing units following U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

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According to Israel's Maariv daily, Israel's Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant said the government would promote the construction of 5,000 housing units in Atarot and 5,000 units will be built in Reches Lavan.
 
In addition, 1,000 housing units will be constructed in Pisgat Ze'ev and the ministry is waiting for approval, 3,000 units will be built in Katamon, Galant said.
 
Galant said that after Trump's move, there were no more reasons not to build in the city as "it was the undisputed capital of Israel."
 
He told the U.S. State Department to begin preparations for relocating the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
 
Trump's announcement garnered widespread international opposition from his European allies to Muslims countries in the region.
 
The dramatic shift in Washington's Jerusalem policy triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq and other Muslim countries.
 
International law views the West Bank and East Jerusalem as occupied territories and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity there as illegal.
 
Nevertheless, roughly 500,000 Israelis now live on more than 100 Jewish-only settlements built on these territories since 1967.

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