The decision defied growing U.S. criticism of Israel’s settlement policies and also raised tensions with the Palestinians at a time of rising violence in the occupied territory.
Israeli media say the country s far-right government has approved plans to build over 5,000 of new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Monday s decision defied growing U.S.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Israel s far-right government on Monday approved plans to build over 5,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Israeli media said, a move that threatened to worsen increasingly strained relations with the United States. World News | Israel OK s Plans for Thousands of New Settlement Homes, Defying White House Calls for Restraint.
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Sudan’s RSF paramilitary commander announced on Monday a unilateral truce during Muslims’ Eid al Adha. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, said in an audio recording aired on Al Arabiya TV the truce will be effective on Tuesday and Wednesday. This came after Sudan's army on Monday faced a multi-front challenge after losing Khartoum's main police base to paramilitaries in a battle that killed at least 14 civilians, while rebels attacked troops near Ethiopia.