Israel Moves Ahead on West Bank Settlements, but Guardedly
When the Israeli government announced last week that a planning committee convening on Tuesday
and Wednesday would promote plans for 3,736 new housing units — which are at various stages of the long approval process — opponents of Israeli settlement in the West Bank were outraged.
that Clearly, Israel is bent on entrenching the military occupation and its illegal settlement enterprise,
But while the latest plans call for the eventual construction of thousands of new homes on the West Bank, when Israeli officials
meet this week to review them, only several hundred housing units appear likely to be granted final approval.
16, 2017
JERUSALEM — Israel is moving ahead with plans for a significant expansion of its settlements in the occupied West Bank, including apartments in the volatile city of Hebron
and the first approval of a new settlement in 20 years.
" Mr. Revivi said, "and the demands of citizens whose needs are not being kept." Based on several meetings he had with Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Revivi believes the Trump administration has not really drawn clear lines about what settlement it could live with.
that That’s the tension: a government that wants to satisfy, or not upset, the American administration,