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Bennett OKs 800 new Palestinian homes to mute dissent over settlement expansion

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Published: 13 August 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The move also includes hundreds of settlement units, which Bennett wants to fast-track before meeting Biden; Jerusalem court freezes Palestinian demolitions in Silwan

To stave off opposition to settlement expansion, Bennett gives rare approval for 800 Palestinian homes (Haaretz)
The move to approve construction in the West Bank's Area C, seen as part of the Israeli government's push to strengthen the PA's standing, also includes hundreds of settlement housing units, which Bennett wanted to push through before his upcoming meeting with Biden

Israel set to approve new Palestinian and Jewish building in West Bank (Times of Israel)
Defence Ministry to okay 1,000 Palestinians homes and some 2,000 settler houses; Jerusalem court freezes Palestinian home demolitions in Silwan

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Photo: New housing construction in the Nokdim settlement in the West Bank, south of Bethlehem, on October 13, 2020 (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

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