An Israeli local committee approved, early in the morning, Wednesday, the construction of 530 settlement units in East Jerusalem.
According to the Hebrew "Kan" radio, it was decided to build 400 units in the "Gilo" settlement southwest of Jerusalem, and 130 in the "Ramat Shlomo" settlement north of the Holy City.
She indicated that the Planning and Building Committee in the occupation municipality in Jerusalem will meet tomorrow, Thursday, to approve the plan, which was pushed by political pressure.
This step comes before the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States, who played an important role in the construction freeze in Jerusalem when he was an official in the Barack Obama administration in 2010, and caused a major crisis with the Israeli government at the time led by Benjamin Netanyahu, which led to the freeze of construction in those areas.
Two days ago, Netanyahu instructed to promote the construction of 800 settlement units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
