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Palestine denounces Israeli settlements’ expansion in West Bank

Published on: February 13, 2023
08:57

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ramallah, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) On Monday, Hussein al-Sheikh, General Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization, denounced the Israeli cabinet's decision to recognize nine settlements in the West Bank, a territory occupied since 1967.

Israel approves expansion of settlements in occupied Jerusalem

Published on: October 18, 2022
11:21

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ramallah, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) Israel approved the construction of hundreds of new homes and commercial facilities for settlers on lands seized from Palestinian villages in occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency denounced on Tuesday.

Israel to build 700 settler homes in occupied West Bank

Published on: September 6, 2022
07:48

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Tel Aviv, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli authorities approved the construction of a new Jewish neighborhood of 700 homes, including a 24-story building, in the occupied area of East Jerusalem, the Haaretz newspaper reported.

Tension in West Bank over Israel’s attempts to found colonies

Published on: July 20, 2022
15:04

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Tel Aviv, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Israeli pacifists and leftist activists on Wednesday clashed with hundreds of far-right members who tried to build three forward posts of future colonies in the occupied West Bank.

Israel steps up its colonization of occupied Palestinian territories

Published on: June 25, 2022
09:27

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Tel Aviv, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The construction in Israeli settlements in the West Bank increased by 62 percent since June 2021, when the government alliance led by Naftali Bennett came to power, as denounced by the Peace Now NGO, founded by former Israeli military.

Israeli settlers want to build 4,000 houses

Published on: April 3, 2022
10:04

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Tel Aviv, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli settlers that live in the West Bank submitted several applications to Minister of Defense Benny Gantz to build up to 4,000 houses for Jews in that occupied territory, Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Sunday.

Concern in Europe over Palestine’s Israeli colonization

Published on: January 20, 2022
07:13

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Paris, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) The governments of France, Italy and Germany on Thursday issued a joint concern over the Israeli decision to build new settlements in East Jerusalem, in occupied Palestine.

Growing rejection to expansion of Israeli settlements in West Bank

Published on: October 29, 2021
11:00

By: Prensa Latina

Ramallah, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) Israel on Friday faces harsh criticism from the international community after announcing the construction of 3,144 new housing units for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

UN criticizes expansion of Israeli settlements

Published on: October 25, 2021
09:40

By: Prensa Latina

Ramallah, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations today criticized Israel's announcement of the construction of 1,300 new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and recalled that the international community considers these settlements illegal.

Israel plans to build new settlements in occupied Syrian Golan

Published on: October 8, 2021
08:48

By: Prensa Latina

Tel Aviv, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked presented a plan to the Government to build new settlements in the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory occupied since 1967, the press reported on Friday.

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