Government Publishes Tenders for 450 New Homes in Occupied West Bank Settlements

On Friday morning, January 30, the Israel Lands Authority published tenders for 450 new homes in occupied West Bank settlements. The new tenders are for projects in the following settlements: Elkana (156), Geva Binyamin (Adam, 114), Kiryat Arba (102), and Alfei Menashe (78). In addition, a tender was published for the construction of a hotel in Ma’aleh Adumim as well as for business buildings there and in Emmanuel.

Netanyhau is Bennet.

Netanyhau is Bennet.(Peace Now)

Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo has been submitted for public review with a municipal planning committee. Wassel Abu Yusef, a senior Palestinian official said the measure constituted a war crime. “What the Israelis have announced is part of a wider war… against the Palestinian people” Abu Yusef told AFP. “This is a war crime which should push the settlements issue to the International Criminal Court.”