JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL Israel has approved the construction of 1,300 new settlement units south of occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported Wednesday. According to Israel's Channel 14, the government’s Special Planning and Building Committee in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc unanimously approved the plan earlier this week. The decision comes less than a week after US President Donald Trump criticized Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. “Don’t worry about the West Bank.

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