Israeli settlers to establish 28 new outposts ahead of Biden’s visit

An extremist Israeli settlers’ organization says it has been taking preparatory measures for the construction of dozens more settlements in the occupied West Bank ahead of the upcoming visit of US President Joe Biden to the occupied Palestinian territories. 

Israel Hayom newspaper revealed Sunday that the Nahala movement was considering expediting the plan in three locations to construct 28 settlements on Palestinian-owned lands, Palestinian Information Center reported. 

The Nahala movement said it has already begun preparing extremist settler groups and touring potential sites ahead of the planned settlement expansion operation.

"It is time to say out that the entire land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel. We will continue to establish settlements and cities in all areas," Nahala movement head Daniella Weiss was quoted as saying.

Emboldened by an all-out unconditional support by the United States, Israeli regime has stepped up its settlement construction activities in recent years.

Biden has sharply been criticized by analysts for following the policies of his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, in the West Asia region as he is due to pay visits to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Saudi Arabia next week.

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, recently censured Biden’s forthcoming trip to the region, saying that the visits are meant to suffocate the Palestinian cause.

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