Israel announces tender for 627 settler units in occupied West Bank

New illegal settlement tender in West Bank deepens Israeli efforts to sever Palestinian ties to Jerusalem, officials warn.Published On 9 Aug 20269 Aug 2026Israeli authorities have issued a tender for 627 new housing units in the Kochav Yaakov settlement in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC).The Israel Land Authority on Thursday published the tender for the project, which will be built on land in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, the commission said on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Pilot and crew member die in helicopter crash battling Utah firelist 2 of 3Iran seeks way out of ‘neither war nor peace’ stalemate with USlist 3 of 3Car bomb hits Colombia highway day after new president sworn inend of listIsrael set November 30 as the deadline for construction companies to submit bids, moving the project from planning to construction just 15 months after it was first approved, it said.CRRC slammed the expansion, saying it is designed to “deepen the separation between Jerusalem and its Palestinian surroundings”.The illegal Israeli settlement of Kochav Yaakov sits between northern Jerusalem a...