Israeli housing plan near Jerusalem criticized as ‘disguised annexation’

Israel plans to build thousands of settlement homes near Jerusalem, expanding the city’s borders and taking Palestinian land in the West Bank, according to activists. The construction project, which would essentially annex parts of the occupied West Bank, has been condemned by Palestine’s Jerusalem governorate and criticized as a covert attempt to expand Israeli sovereignty in the region. Israeli authorities have been increasingly seizing control of Palestinian land in the West Bank, with recent measures sparking condemnation from Muslim countries and the Palestinian Authority.

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