Israel approves construction of hundreds of settlement units south of al-Khalil

The Israeli government approved a new plan to build hundreds of settlement units in the south of Jabal al-Khalil. Israeli Walla news website reported on Friday that the Israeli Civil Administration submitted a construction plan to legitimize the new settlement of Sansana, outside the Green Line, and pointed out that the plan includes building 325 new units in the settlement. For its part, Peace Now movement said that the Israeli government has put aside the peace process and continued to build dozens of new settlements. This land has been classified by the Israeli government as a settlement site about a year and a half. The Civil Administration had refused to legitimize that site and submitted a proposal to annex it to another settlement, which is located only about four kilometers away.