The Israeli government has approved the development of a further 1,242 homes in and around the city of Jerusalem, in a massive new wave of expansion.
The homes are set to be built controversially over the dividing green line in Gilo that split Arab and Israeli territory before the Six Day War in 1967.
Activist group peace Now claimed that the latest announcement brings the total number of new homes approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to 6,600 in the past week alone.
The move comes amid increasing pressure within Netanyahu’s Likud party, urging the Prime Minister to drop his commitment for a future Palestinian state made in a 2009 speech.
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