PA: Israel's plan to build beyond Green Line is disgraceful

The Palestinian president's spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said that Israel's intention to approve a construction plan for the West Bank settlement Beitar Illit is "disgraceful and entirely invalid."

"This decision is another reason for us to turn to the UN and the Security Council to ask for recognition of a Palestinian state," Abu Rudeina told the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The Construction and Housing Ministry announced earlier a plan to build 340 housing units beyond the Green Line as part of a larger effort to solve the housing shortage. (Roee Nahmias)