Israel Approves Construction of 763 New Units in Eli Settlement, Tripling Its Size
Israel's Finance Minister approves building 763 new units in the illegal Eli settlement, tripling its size and adding thousands of settlers.Summary
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the construction of 763 new settlement units in the illegal Eli settlement south of Nablus, a move that will triple the settlement’s size and accommodate thousands more settlers. The project, to be developed under the Binyamin Regional Council, follows a pattern of approvals that have added over 260 new settlements and outposts since 2022, amid rising settler violence and land seizures. Palestinian authorities estimate that about 750,000 illegal settlers live in 141 settlements and 224 outposts across the West Bank, and the expansion is widely viewed as a de facto annexation that undermines the viability of an independent Palestinian state as envisioned by United Nations resolutions.
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