(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "China has always firmly opposed Israel's construction of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory of East Jerusalem and the West Bank," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily news briefing, Xinhua reported.
Israel's security cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to permit the construction of 3,000 more housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, apparently in retaliation for Palestine's successful statehood bid at the UN, Israeli media reported on Friday.
Israel's move came less than 24 hours after Palestine won a vote at the UN General Assembly to upgrade its status at the world body from an observer entity to a non-member observer state.
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