Palestinian, UN alarm after Israel approves new settlement
JERUSALEM: The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially sanctioned new settlement in the occupied West Bank in more than 25 years.
The security cabinet gave its unanimous backing to the new settlement late on Thursday as what is widely seen as the most right-wing government in Israeli history presses ahead with settlement expansion in defiance of international concern.
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said the move showed the government was…