The Israeli cabinet has legalised a settlement in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank.
The move to legalise the Mevo’ot Yericho outpost comes days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to annex the Jordan Valley if he wins the general elections, which will be held on Tuesday.
“The final approval will of course be given when the formation of the new government,” Israeli daily Haaretz quoted Netanyahu as saying at the cabinet meeting, which was held in Mevo’ot Yeriho.
Mevo’ot Yeriho was founded in 1999 for agricultural purposes and evolved into a community which today houses 30 families, according to Haaretz.
Until Sunday, however, there was no government decision to officially establish it as a settlement.
Read the report in The Advertiser (Deutsche Presse Agentur).