Israel begins building new settlement in West Bank's Bethlehem
RAMALLAH, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli authorities have begun building a new settlement on Bethlehem's land in the southern West Bank, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission of the Palestine Liberation Organization on Tuesday.
The commission's head, Muayyad Shaaban, said the settlement is being constructed in the village of Battir, with Israel allocating 120 dunams (120,000 square meters) fo