Beit Safafa

While the 9,000-unit settlement plan in Atarot was put on hold on Monday, another settlement plan inside East Jerusalem to build 473 homes near two Palestinian neighborhoods was announced on the same day

Israeli security forces also conducted several raids in the occupied Palestinian territories

Human rights groups have warned that the new construction will end the territorial continuity between East Jerusalem and Bethlehem, which is important for any future Palestinian state in a two-state solution