Israel builds new settlement road northeast of occupied East Jerusalem – Middle East Monitor

Israel began to build a new settlement road northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, Palestinian authorities said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

The Jerusalem Governorate said in a statement that Israeli bulldozers began the construction in the town of Hizma under the protection of army forces.

It decried the Israeli road construction as “a crime aimed at altering the area’s features and Judaizing it.”

“The ruling Israeli right continues to accelerate the pace…