The Defense Ministry that authorizes construction in the West Bank approved Thursday plans for the construction of 4,427 housing units in Judea and Samaria.
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All 25 plans on the register were submitted to the Civil Administration's planning subcommittee, of which more than half received final approval for construction.
While some of the projects are for settlements near the Green Line, other approved plans are for settlements in the heart of Judea in Samaria.
These include a 56-unit project in Negohot, which passed the first planning stage known as Depot, and a 534-unit project in Shvut Rachel, which passed the final planning stage.
Along with adding thousands of new homes, plans retroactively legalize outposts at Mitzpe Dani and Oz v'Gaon.
Mitzpe Dani is a neighborhood in the Ma'aleh Michmash settlement, and Oz v'Gaon is a nature reserve and educational center that was built following the abduction and murder of Israeli teenagers Gilad Shaer, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Fraenkel during a terrorist attack in the summer of 2014.
In a celebratory tweet responding to Mitzpe Dani's approval, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked referred to a "day of celebration."
MK Mossi Raz, from the coalition's left-wing Meretz party, denounced the approval of the plans, calling the housing "4,000 steps backward in terms of peace, security, morality and justice."
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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