An-Najah News - According to a local activist Israeli occupation authorities approved today the construction of 980 new settlement units in Efrat settlement.

The co-called Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing announced its approval to construct hundreds of new settlement units.

 These units are illegally built on Palestinian residents’ lands to the south of Bethlehem said in the illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat said Hasan Brijiyeh, a local anti-settlement and anti-wall activist.

The new expansion of settlements means that the annexation plan will be implemented calmly and slowly, pointing out that vast areas of agricultural land will be seized as part of this new settlement plan.