Israel Defies UN, Approves 8,000 Homes in Illegal Settlements

Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman, said on Sunday that over a third of the houses will be constructed immediately thus marking the largest expansion of Zionist settlements in the area in 25 years. Lieberman said 3,651 settlements were approved last week adding that “What we’ve approved on June 6 and 7 is the maximum that can be approved.”
 
The war minister also praised the regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s for his aggressive stance on expanding Zionist settlements in the West Bank.
 
Nearly 400,000 Zionist settlers are estimated have usurped Palestinian land in the West Bank an area with a population of about  2.8 million Palestinians. Another 200,000 Zionists live in occupied East Al Quds (Jerusalem).
 
The construction of settlements in the region is considered illegal under international law. The international community has long voiced concerns over the controversial constructions while condemning the deteriorating security situation between Israelis and Palestinians.
 
The illegal structures have hampered attempts to establish peace in the West Asia. In December 2016, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2334 that denounced the Israeli settlements as a "flagrant violation of international law."
 
The resolution called on Israeli regime to immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East al-Quds.