JERUSALEM - Israel’s new defence minister has ordered plans for new settler housing in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron. In a letter sent to defence officials Sunday, pro-settler Defence Minister Naftali Bennett called for “planning processes to be advanced” for new Jewish settler housing. Hebron is the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is also a constant flashpoint for violence, where a few hundred Jewish settlers live in heavily secured enclaves among tens of thousands of Palestinians. Bennett’s letter comes weeks after the U.S. declared it no longer considers Israel’s West Bank settlements to be a violation of international law.

Source: thestar December 01, 2019 17:02 UTC