Israel allocates additional $274M for West Bank settlement projects in occupied West Bank – Middle East Monitor

The Israeli government allocated an additional $274 million for settlement projects in the West Bank, hours after the Knesset approved a motion to annex the occupied territory, local media said on Thursday, Anadolu reports.

According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, Transport Minister Miri Regev and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved the additional budget of 918 million shekels ($274.6 million) Wednesday night for infrastructure projects and road…