Tents in the Area C village of al-Fikheet in the southern West Bank's Masafer Yatta (AFP) MEE Staff Middle East Eye / May 7, 2022 Despite US criticism, Israel plans to build 4,000 new occupied West Bank settlement units, demolishing at least 12 villages in Hebron’s Masafer Yatta. Israel ’s recently announced plan to build thousands of housing units for illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank is a “blatant challenge” to the United States and the international community, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has said. The PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in a statement on Saturday, slammed...