Peace Now said it obtained documents from the Housing Ministry which indicate that while no construction has yet been approved, Israel has not shelved its plans and has continued to hire architects for the scheme, which drew worldwide protest including from the UK. “These include security reasons, a lack of building licences, being built near the settlements or across the settlement roads, being built on state lands or being built on green areas”.
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Israel’s government has renewed planning for a controversial settlement in the occupied West Bank only a year after it was forced to suspend its expansion, according to Israeli activists.
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Peace Now is an Israeli organization that actively campaigns for a two-state agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. The latest round of US-brokered peace talks collapsed in April 2014.
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Israel says the unrelenting violence is fanned by a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement. Two Israeli soldiers were stabbed, and two Palestinian attackers were killed.
The revelations are likely to spark controversy, as construction in E1 would effectively split the West Bank into separate northern and southern parts, making the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state almost impossible. Israeli leaders have been upset over the EU’s recent decision to require labels on imported products made in West Bank settlements. “It is up to the global community to implement its policy positions on the illegal settlements, and to translate its words into serious and concrete action; it has the responsibility to intervene immediately and to exhibit the political will and determination necessary to make Israel cease and desist its flagrant violations of worldwide law and its willful destruction of the peace and security of the whole region”.
An Israeli spokesperson claimed at first that “the perpetrators” were three Palestinians; one of them was killed while “it seems”, she said, one of them was taken into custody after being injured, while the third drove away in his auto.
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Meanwhile, a Palestinian wounded at the Gaza border in clashes with the Israeli army last week died early Monday from his injuries, the Gaza health ministry said.
