Which country has sanctioned proposal for building of 3, 000 new settlements in the territory of the West Bank in addition to the recently approved 2, 500 units.

2017

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A	Iraq
B	Indonesia
C	Afghanistan
D	Israel

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, exclusively of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.

Detailed explanation-2: -The State of Palestine is a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The “State of Palestine” is officially recognized by the United Nations as a Non-Member Observer State, the status was granted on 29 November 2012.

Detailed explanation-3: -Israel has continued to support settlement initiatives through financial incentives and security support by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Today, there are upwards of 450, 000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem.

Detailed explanation-4: -The West Bank is another area of land located within the country of Israel, but it is much larger than the Gaza Strip at 2, 173 sq miles. The West Bank stretches across the eastern border of Israel along the west banks of the Jordan River and most of the Dead Sea, thus how it received its name.

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