FILE PHOTO: A man helps direct the removal of a pre-fabricated home in the recently evicted illegal Israeli settler outpost of Amona, in the occupied West Bank February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet on Thursday approved the building of the first new settlement in the occupied West Bank in two decades, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiates with Washington on a possible curb on settlement activity.
The unanimous vote in favour of construction of the new settlement in an area called Emek Shilo came after Netanyahu earlier told reporters: "I made a promise that we would establish a new settlement ... We will keep it today."
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