Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved the construction of a Jewish religious school in the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, in an unprecedented move, Anadolu reports.
The decision marks the first implementation of Israel’s announcement on Tuesday that it was stripping the Palestinian Hebron municipality of its authority over building and planning, in violation of the Hebron Agreement.
The Higher Planning Committee in the Civil Administration approved plans to build 576 new housing units in Judea and Samaria, as part of the government’s policy to expand settlements, Israel’s private Channel 7 reported.
Judea and Samaria is the biblical term Israel uses for the West Bank.
As part of the decision, approval was also granted for the first time to establish a new building for the Shavei Hebron religious school near Beit Romano in Hebron, the channel added.
