Thahir Asmal, Radio Islam News – 25-05-2018

Israel has announced that it plans to build 2,500 new homes in 30 West Bank settlements in a move considered illegal under international law and are bitterly opposed by Palestinians.

Defence minister Avigdor Lieberman says the new project will be approved by a planning committee next week, adding that construction is planned for later this year.

Using biblical terms for the West Bank, Lieberman states he would also seek the committee’s approval to construct a further 1,400 settlements in the near furture.

“In the coming months, we will bring forward thousands more units for approval. We will develop building all around Judaea and Samaria, from north to south, in small settlements and big ones.”