Thursday, May 30, 2013

Israel to build 1,000 illegal settler units in East al-Quds: NGO


The Israeli regime plans to build 1,000 new settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), despite widespread international criticism over the construction of settlements on occupied Palestinian territories, an Israeli NGO says.

Israeli settlement watchdog Terrestrial Jerusalem said on Wednesday that contracts for 300 homes in the northeastern settlement of Ramot were signed and another 797 plots were to be offered for sale in the southern settlement of Gilo, AFP reported. Gilo is one of five major settlements in East al-Quds that were established by the Israeli regime following the Six-Day War of 1967 .... http://www.presstv.ir