Israel plans to extend Har Houma settlement

The Hebrew weekly Yorshalim newspaper reported on Friday that rightist settlers had recently erected a tent on a hill near Umm Tuba village, in southern Jerusalem. The new tent was set up on a hill near the back entrance of Har Houma settlement, close to an Israeli police station, in an attempt to create an outpost that will eventually become an extension to Har Houma settlement. The Yorshalim newspaper reported that there is no guard on the settlers residing in the new outpost which is only one street away from Umm Tuba village and that the settlers raised Israeli flags on the tent and the Star of David made of tree branches.