JERUSALEM
An official Israeli committee on Wednesday approved construction of 90 new housing units in southern Jerusalem's Jewish-only Har Homa settlement.
It is the first such step by Israel's new government, which won a vote of confidence from the Knesset (Israel's parliament) on Thursday, according to Israel's Channel 7.
The broadcaster, however, did not provide further details regarding the move.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East War.
International law views both areas as "occupied territories," deeming any construction of Jewish-only settlements therein to be illegal.
