Laborers work at the construction site of a housing project at an illegal Israeli settlement in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), December 2012.[/caption]The Israeli regime is planning to build new illegal settlement units on Palestinian territory in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), despite widespread criticism,Press TVreports.
Palestinians have slammed the move by Israel to build a new settlement on occupied land in Jabal Mukaber, southeast of al-Quds, calling it a blatant violation of international law.
This is part of intensifying the settlements in and around Jerusalem. Lately, in the last ten years, they took a decision in order to build settlements in the middle of the Palestinian-populated areas in Jerusalem, said coordinator of Stop the Wall Campaign Jamal Juma.
Israels Housing Minister Uri Ariel and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat are planning to attend a ceremony to lay the foundation for the illegal settlement units.
Now we are talking about 11 so-called outposts or settlements inside the Palestinian villages and the Palestinian neighborhoods, Juma stated.
He also said there are about 90 buildings where Israeli settlers have already taken over in Muslim and Christian neighborhoods of the Old City.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
Much of the international community regards the settlements illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
On July 19, the European Union published new guidelines banning its 28 members from funding projects in Israeli settlements in East al-Quds, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, which the Tel Aviv regime occupied during the 1967 war.
By Press TV
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