JERUSALEM — Israel granted retroactive authorisation on Sunday to nine Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and announced the construction of new…
The first to publish the decisions by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet were two pro-settler ministers, whose inclusion in the coalition he built after a Nov. 1 election had already signaled a hard-right tack.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
A statement from Netanyahu’s office also said a planning committee would convene in the coming days to approve new settlement homes. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said these would number 10,000.
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