PLO accuses Israel of expanding West Bank settlements by building new roads

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RAMALLAH, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday accused Israel of expanding the settlements in the West Bank by constructing new roads.

"Constructing new roads is a clear indication that Israel carries on with its plan to annex large parts of the West Bank," said the PLO's National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements in an official report.

The Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a significant factor behind the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and one of the main reasons for the breakdown of the last peace talks between the two sides in 2014.

"The (Israeli) projects include building dozens of roads between settlements through a master plan, the first of its kind in years, to establish a transportation network in the settlements," the PLO report noted.

Israeli media reported last week that the goal of building up new roads is to expand settlements to increase the number of settlers in the West Bank to 1 million.

More than 700,000 Israeli settlers live in dozens of settlements Israel has built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967, according to official Palestinian figures. Enditem

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