Israel advances plans for 800 new settlement homes in West Bank

The news comes ahead of Israel's March 23 election as well as the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20.
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An Israeli flag flies in the foreground as a woman walks with a child at the Israeli wildcat outpost of Givat Arnon, near the settlement of Itamar in the occupied West Bank southeast of the Palestinian city of Nablus, on June 22, 2020. - MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images
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The Israeli government advanced on Monday construction of new settlements in the West Bank.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light to the building plans for 800 new homes, Reuters reported. The settlements are located throughout the West Bank, including in Itamar near Nablus and Beit El north of Jerusalem. Netanyahu said the settlements would receive final approval from the Defense Ministry next week, according to The Times of Israel.

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