A Palestinian official report showed that the Israeli occupation authority has continued its settlement projects, while the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue settlement policy.
The weekly report issued by the National Office for the defense of the land and the resistance of settlement activity, under the Palestine Liberation Organization, pointed out that despite the difficult conditions experienced by the Palestinian territories because of the bad weather, the Israeli government continued to commit further violations in disregard to all international conventions.
The report pointed out that despite the fact that Europe and U.S. had warned the Israeli government not to launch new settlement projects, Netanyahu announced his government's commitment to continue settlement construction.
Netanyahu said: "We are building without stopping, and we will continue construction and development everywhere, including in the settlements," while Deputy Minister of Israeli army Danny Danon stated that "Israel will never end its military presence in that region."
The Israeli Public Relations Office has recently began marketing two settlement projects in occupied Jerusalem; one in Ras al-Amud and the other near Jabal al-Masharef.
The construction is taking place in the center of Jerusalem not far from Silwan, and near the new Jewish settlement of Ma'aleh Zeitim.
