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Rights group: Israel approves over 4,000 new settler homes

The east Jerusalem Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, seen with a neighbouring Palestinian neighborhood,Thursday, May 12, 2022. Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an area where hundreds of Palestinians face the threat of expulsion. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) A Palestinian home sits in a valley, located next to the east Jerusalem Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an area where hundreds of Palestinians face the threat of expulsion. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) The east Jerusalem Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, seen next to a section of the controversial separation barrier, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an area where hundreds of Palestinians face the threat of expulsion. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) A Palestinian home sits in a valley, located next to the east Jerusalem Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an area where hundreds of Palestinians face the threat of expulsion. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) The east Jerusalem Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, seen next to a section of the controversial separation barrier, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an area where hundreds of Palestinians face the threat of expulsion. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) FILE - A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, Thursday, March 10, 2022. An Israeli rights group says Israel has approved the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. It’s the biggest advancement of settlement projects since the Biden administration took office. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)