UN envoy: Israel is defying UNSC by accelerating settler construction

UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned that Israel was not abiding by UN resolutions as Netanyahu boasts of the construction of a new settlement for Amona evacuees.

Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

(photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

JUNE 21, 2017 07:27

Updated: JUNE 21, 2017 08:44

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