Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack

Ah yes, this will make everything even more secure.

West Bank is starting to get fed up with inaction as well.

What did the Chinese say at the UN again?

As in "we took the opportunity that a war gave us".

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senior Cabinet minister said.

The decision is bound to frustrate Washington at a time of growing tensions over the course of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

It's an outcome opposed by Netanyahu and his right-wing government — and pushed farther from view, advocates say, as new settlement plans are advanced.

Consecutive Israeli governments have expanded settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, war-won territories the Palestinians seek for a future state, along with Gaza.

Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel has held the West Bank under a tight grip — limiting movement and conducting frequent raids against what it says are militant targets.

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