The Foreign Ministry "rejects the attempt to impose foreign dictates upon it [Jerusalem]," it said Friday. Foreign ministers from European countries, Australia, and the United Kingdom on Friday condemned Israel's plans to construct a settlement east of Jerusalem,

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two.

Israel has reportedly approved the construction of 126 new housing units in the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank's Jenin Governorate.