West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel plans 2,300 settlement units south of Jerusalem
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Israeli rights group Ir Amim revealed a new settlement plan to construct 2,300 housing units in the Gilo settlement south of occupied Jerusalem on Palestinian land, Shehab Wire reported. The organization warned the project would deepen the isolation of Jerusalem from the southern West Bank by further fragmenting Palestinian territory.
Gilo, built on land seized from Palestinian residents, has been a focal point of settlement expansion for decades. Ir Amim characterized the planned development as part of a broader pattern of Israeli construction that constrains Palestinian movement and access between different regions of the occupied West Bank, complicating any future territorial arrangements.
