Israel starts to build 1000 settlement units in the Golan
Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/14/2002

The Israeli occupation forces started its plan to expand its settlements by building other 1000 housing units in the occupied Golan heights in a step described as the greatest settlement movement there.

The Israeli forces started to prepare the infrastructure for this project which is expected to be completed by the end of August and to start working in its first phase by building 600 settlement units to be distributed on the already established settlements in the occupied Golan which are now counting 33 settlements including 200 housing units in what is called "Katasrin" the largest settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan heights, including 5000 Israeli settlers.

The Israeli government on the other hand approved the new settlement project in the occupied Golan and the Israeli ministry of housing has allotted a sum of 30 million shekels to prepare the infrastructure, according to the spokesman for a team of the "new settlement campaign" under the name of "dreaming of the Golan."

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