The Israeli government has formalized approval for the construction of 1,600 new settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem. An Israeli citizen taking part in the protests in Tel Aviv criticized Israeli officials for presenting settlement construction as a solution to Israel’s housing woes.

Protester: “This government is building houses for what’s going to be Palestine. Many Israelis need apartments and don’t have it, and they go and build building or houses for Palestine, which is ridiculous. And again it proves people—many people in the government can take everything and manipulate it so it will fit their own small, narrow interest and the way of thinking.”