Israel to build over new 1,300 W.Bank settler homesA Palestinian man waves his flag next to the Israeli outpost of Evitar in the occupied West Bank on October 10JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday announced plans to build more residences for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, drawing immediate condemnation from Palestinians, peace activists and neighbouring Jordan. Those new homes add to the more than 2,000 residences which defence sources have said in August would be authorised for West Bank settlers. Jordanian foreign ministry spokesman Haitham Abu Al-Ful blasted settlement construction and general "confiscation" of Palestinian land as "illegitimate." The new Jewish homes are to be built in seven settlements, according to the statement from the Housing and Construction Ministry. Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem has continued under every Israeli government since 1967.
