US tells Israel settlements serious issue, raised at highest level

There was a dramatic spike of 303% in housing starts from the first and second quarters of 2023.

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)

ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 18:14

Updated: SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 20:30

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