The figures were similar to those published by settler units watchdog Peace Now last week.
"Unfortunately many people are unaware of the daily oppression of Palestinians that takes places during the times when Israel is not engaged in horrific assaults like the one we saw in Gaza three years ago". He also praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for its aggressive stance on expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
The powerful settler movement wields heavy influence in Mr Netanyahu's right-wing governing coalition.
In a separate process, 688 homes were advanced by the committee on Wednesday and will go out for a 60-day public comment period, during which objections can be filed. It is the day when Israel occupied the bulk of the Palestinian territories and the West Bank.
Israeli cabinet on Sunday voted in favor of a bill to slash funds to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) over stipends it pays to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Roughly 500,000 Israelis now live in more than 100 Jewish-only settlements built since Israel occupied the Palestinian West Bank and east Jerusalem in 1967.
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Those Palestinians who refused to flee after the Israeli state was declared in 1948 spent years living under martial law before gaining Israeli citizenship.
Israel has so far this year advanced its highest number of settlement projects since 1992, the defence minister said, despite warnings such plans make a two-state solution impossible. Reality requires that we acknowledge that Jerusalem is not united and that the Palestinians of the city don't identify with Israel as a Jewish state.
Against UN Resolutions and peace efforts, Israel has approved the construction of the largest illegal settlement in the West Bank in 25 years.
Last month, Mr Trump visited Israel and the Palestinian territories, meeting both Mr Netanyahu and Mr Abbas and seeking what he called the "ultimate deal". But he has given no details about how he plans to restart talks, and there is deep skepticism over whether such an effort would have any chance of success. Netanyahu has said he still supports a two state solution, but peace advocates say his actions show otherwise.
Yet, every six months since November 5, 1995, a waiver to delay the move of the American Embassy to Jerusalem was sought, side-stepping the United States' original commitment to the intent of Public Law 104-45, on the grounds of so-called, but unidentified national security issues. "It is a challenge to Trump's efforts to create an appropriate atmosphere for a serious political process, and a blatant challenge to the worldwide community as a whole", a statement said.
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