FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to a healthcare maintenance organisation (HMO) centre administering vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem, January 6, 2021. Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via REUTERS

Israel’s prime minister on Monday directed authorities to approve the construction of 800 new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank days before President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel administration leaves office.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed that plans be advanced for the construction of about 800 units in Judea and Samaria,” a statement for the premier’s office said, using the biblical terms for the West Bank.

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