UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday night that the Israeli government must retract its decision to advance the construction of thousands of new units in Judea and Samaria through the building approval process.
Guterres said: "This is a blatant violation of international law, it is a disturbing and worrying decision that will increase violence and tensions in the region and deepen and increase the need for humanitarian assistance. Advancing construction in the region is a major obstacle to the realization of the two-state solution."
Construction in Judea and Samaria, Photo: Yossi Zeliger
In the upcoming planning of the Israeli government, large-scale construction of 4,560 housing units in many communities in Judea and Samaria is on the agenda. The plans that were published join the nearly ten thousand units published at the previous meeting of the MATA, and place the six months since the establishment of the government at the peak of the past decade in the volume of construction in the settlements.
The plan includes the construction of hundreds of units in Neve Tzuf and Ali, hundreds of units in Givat Ze'ev as well as in Beitar Ilit, 340 housing units in Ma'ale Adumim, 381 in Revava, 343 in Elkana, 287 in Adora and 196 apartments in Telam.
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