Anat Ben Nun of Peace Now, an Israeli NGO which closely monitors settlement construction, said on Monday that an Israeli committee had approved construction permits for 31 units in the flashpoint city
Peace Now added that a planning council meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday is expected to have over 2,000 units on the agenda.
Meanwhile, an Israeli official has confirmed that the approvals are among some 4,000 settler unit plans to be advanced as part of a push to greatly boost settlement growth.
Settlement building in the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem al-Quds is considered illegal under international law.
Since the inauguration of US President Donald Trump in January 2017, the regime in Tel Aviv has stepped up construction of settler units on the occupied Palestinian land in a blatant violation of international law.
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