Israel tells US it will advance plans for thousands of settlement homes in late June

Israel has informed the US that it plans to announce “thousands” of new settlement homes at the end of the month, an Israeli official said Monday

The official, confirming a report first published by the Axios news site, told The Times of Israel that it was not clear whether the settlement plans would all be approved in back-to-back meetings of the Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee within the Defense Ministry, as is traditionally the case, or whether the meetings would be spread out over several weeks.

However, he said the units that would be approved “would be in the thousands.” READ MORE