(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The occupation municipality in Jerusalem intends to approve the construction of 891 new settlement units in Gilo settlement, which was built on Bethlehem lands east of Jerusalem, an Israeli source reported Wednesday.
According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the municipality claimed that the construction plan was approved in 2013 and that only the adoption of the plan is technical.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a visit the United States and is scheduled to meet the US President Barak Obama, the municipality has decided to announce the construction of settlement units near Beithlehem, the Israeli daily added.
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