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slaughterer israel publishes tenders for new illegal settler units

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Israel has published tenders for the construction of over 1,800 new illegal settler units in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem) despite widespread international criticism of Tel Aviv’s settlement expansion activities.

According to settlement watchdog, Peace Now, which opposes and tracks settlement construction activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, the tenders were published on Sunday for a total of 1,859 units.

The non-governmental organization noted that 1,031 plots were offered by Israel’s Housing and Construction Ministry in the occupied West Bank, along with 828 in the East al-Quds.

“Within a few months they will choose the winning bids and the successful contractors will be able to start building within a number of weeks,” Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project director, Hagit Ofran, said.

Israeli settlements are considered illegal by the UN and most countries because the territories were captured by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967, and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.

Palestinians are seeking to create an independent state on the territories of the West Bank, East al-Quds, and the Gaza Strip and are demanding Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.

Tel Aviv, however, has refused to return to the 1967 borders and is unwilling to discuss the issue of al-Quds.

More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.

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