Israel has approved the building of a major new settlement in occupied East Jerusalem in violation of international law, as it faces accusations of genocide over its indiscriminate war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The Jerusalem District Planning Committee approved a plan to build a “new Jewish neighbourhood that will be partly located in East Jerusalem”, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. The plans would see the construction of more than 1,700 new homes for Israeli settlers. There are already around 200,000 Israelis living in illegal settlements in Palestinian East Jerusalem, which Israel…