Israel approves new settler homes in West Bank: report

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Israel approves new settler homes in West Bank: report

STORY: Israel approves new settler homes in West Bank: report DATELINE: June 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of settlements in West Bank 2. various of Israeli Cabinet meeting 3. various of construction of settlement 4. various of a shooting attack near Eli settlement on June 20 5. various of construction of settlement STORYLINE: Israel approved on Monday plans to construct thousands of new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, multiple Israeli media reported. According to the Hebrew-language Ha'aretz newspaper, the Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration, an Israeli body that approves construction in the West Bank, permitted 5,623 new housing units. In Eli, where a pair of Palestinian gunmen killed four Israelis last week, 1,057 new homes were approved. The plan to build new homes in this settlement was initially announced last week by Betzalel Smotrich, a settler and Israel's Finance Minister, who described it as "a

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