Most of the new houses were planned in the most controversial areas of the so-called isolated settlements, which Israel will be required to evacuate in case of a future peace deal with the Palestinians, Peace Now said.
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The Florida Pro-Israel community agrees with the governor and Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature: Boycotts, divestments and sanctions of Israel are counterproductive to the goal of peace, antithetical to freedom of speech and part of a greater effort to undermine the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their homeland.
“Because every family has children in the army. we consider all the soldiers as our own children”, said Yigal Michael Maimon, a former intelligence officer in the Israeli army.
The projects must pass through five administrative stages before winning final approval from Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon.
Since the start of 2015, the Shin Bet said it had foiled nearly 300 significant attacks, including 25 attempted abductions and 15 planned suicide attacks.
The new plans would bring the total to at least 903.
The status of the Palestinian people can only be resolved diplomatically through a negotiating process that leads to a two-state solution.
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat condemned the announcement, saying it should “serve as a reminder to the global community of its responsibility to put an end to Israel’s crimes”.
According to Wednesday’s media reports, 54 new housing units were approved for the Har Brakha settlement near Nablus, 17 were approved for the settlement of Revava in the northern West Bank, 34 for Tekoa, south of Jerusalem, 70 in Nokdim, south of Bethlehem, and 76 in Givat Ze’ev, northwest of Jerusalem.
Palestinian leaders say attackers have acted out of desperation in the absence of movement towards creation of an independent Palestinian state in territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
But she said that she and the current Israeli prime minister “get along well”, even though when it came to the USA and Israel, “we need to take the relationship to the next level”.
“The Security Council is a very important subject because it has now become urgent due to settlement activities and because Israel has not stopped these activities”, Abbas said late on Monday at his office in Ramallah.
“We were expecting from the USA administration over the past eight years that it would take positive steps forward to achieve what America believes in, which is the two-state vision”, he said.
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The investigation is the first of its kind during the seven-month wave of violence, involving mostly young Palestinians who carry out attacks against civilians and soldiers with knives, guns or cars.
