Israel settlement 'aggression' against Palestinian state

Israel settlement 'aggression' against Palestinian state

RAMALLAH - Agence France-Presse
Israel settlement aggression against Palestinian state

Israel plans to build 3,000 new housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israeli media reported on 30 November, a day after the UN General Assembly voted to grant the Palestinians non-member state status at the world body. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Israel's plans to build 3,000 new settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank amounts to an act of aggression "against a state," PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said on Friday.

"It is an act of Israeli aggression against a state and the world needs to take up its responsibilities," Ashrawi told AFP, a day after the United Nations recognised the Palestinians as a non-member observer state.