Israel on alert for settlers’ actions in West Bank

Tel Aviv, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of Israeli right-wing activists plan to begin the construction on Wednesday of three outposts in the West Bank, a situation that could cause clashes with the authorities, Ynet news portal reported on Tuesday.

July 19, 2022
09:48

We will allow a protest, but no outposts will be built, a security source told the media.

Those constructions are the origin for future Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, included East Jerusalem.

All of them are considered illegal by the international community and several UN Security Council resolutions, but the Tel Aviv Government makes a distinction between those that are or are not authorized.

Ynet highlighted that activists from left-wing organizations such as Breaking the Silence and Peace Now will also arrive in the area to denounce the settlers’ actions and stop their work.

According to official data, some 490,000 settlers live across the West Bank and 200,000 others in East Jerusalem.

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