iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — Israel has given the green light to plans to build more homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted late Tuesday that he has approved the construction of more than 3,000 new housing units in Judea and Samaria.
The announcement is an apparent move to compensate for the court-ordered evacuation of the illegal outpost of Amona, which began Wednesday. Clashes broke out there when young religious protesters threw stones and attacked the Israeli police, injuring more than a dozen.
Removing the 42 settler families is expected to continue well into the night.
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