Israel approves nearly 800 new illegal settlement homes

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Israel has given final approval for 764 housing units to be built in three settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said, a move condemned by Palestine as undermining regional peace efforts. The ultra-nationalist Smotrich, who opposes the creation of a Palestinian state, said on Wednesday that since the beginning of his term in late 2022, some 51,370