A Palestinian woman reacts in front of Israeli forces as Israeli machineries demolish a house, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 25, 2020. On November 16, 2020, Egypt condemned a decision by the Israeli authorities to issue a tender for the construction of 1,257 new settlement units in East Jerusalem. The Israeli step comes as US President Donald Trump, who has backed Israeli settlement plans, is set to leave office within weeks. President-elect Joe Biden was against the Ramat Shlomo settlement when he was vice president under President Barack Obama. In February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced reviving a highly controversial plan to construct 3,500 settlement units east of Jerusalem.

Source: Egypt Today November 26, 2020 11:03 UTC