Israel okays budget increase for Judaization activities in Al-Quds

The Zionist regime’s municipality in Occupied Al-Quds has approved a budget increase of one billion shekels for its Judaization projects in the holy city during 2023, while Hebrew news reports said that Israel’s settlement projects in the West Bank doubled after the right wing won the last elections.

According to Israel Hayom newspaper, the municipality’s financial committee approved on Monday a budget of 6 billion shekels for its development projects in Jerusalem during the coming year, which represents an increase of more than 20 percent compared to last year’s budget.

This budget is considered the highest ever in the history of the Zionist regime’s municipality in the occupied holy city and will help the occupation state to expand its Judaization projects in the holy city, especially in the field of construction and security.

Meanwhile, the Times of Israel newspaper website said that extensive construction operations in illegal settler outposts started recently after the election victory of Israel’s extreme right in early November.

Times of Israel explained that the construction activities started mainly in the outposts whose settlers received pledges from leaders of right-wing parties to legalize them after the formation of their upcoming government.

The Israeli army’s civil administration, for its part, intensified its monitoring of Palestinian construction in Area C of the West Bank and its demolition campaigns against Palestinian-owned homes and structures in this area during the past two months, according to the newspaper.