UN envoy condemns latest Israeli settlement expansion plan — Global Issues

UN envoy condemns latest Israeli settlement expansion plan — Global Issues

“I condemn today’s decision by Israeli authorities to advance plans for over 4,000 housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank,” Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said in a statement.  Israel’s Higher Planning Council, which approved the move, also retroactively legalized two outposts:…