Israeli plan to build 1, 070 housing units in Ramallah and Jordan Valley

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said on Tuesday that the planning and building committee of the civil administration intends to convene on Wednesday to approve the building of 1,070 housing units in Ramallah city and the Jordan Valley. According to this new plan, the newspaper added, these housing units will be built in the settlements of Novi Forat, Shiloh and Modi'in Illit settlement in Ramallah and the settlements of Kochav Ya'akov and Jaljal Walmouj settlement in the Jordan Valley. It noted that the committee would also table other construction plans in different settlements in the West Bank. In another incident, the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) approved a plan to seize thousands of dunums of Palestinian lands in Sha'rawiya area, north of Tulkarem, to build a bypass road. The municipal council of Allar village in Tulkarem said that this road would start within the green line between Baqa Al-Sharqiya and Baqa Al-Gharbiya towns and extends into Sha'rawiya area. The municipal council noted that this road would lead to the destruction and annexation of dozens of artesian wells in the area.