Israel to build more illegal settlements in West Bank

international | miscellaneous | other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 13:26 by Joe

Israel is to build more homes in built up areas of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Israeli officials said on Monday.

A Senior Israeli official speaking on the condition of anonimity said "We don't need American approval if we are doing something that we think, as a sovereign state, we should do."

"We told the Americans and the Palestinians that in those places, within the built-up line, Israel will continue to build, because there is no other way," the official said.