Israel defiant on settlements case

The Zionist regime on Friday defiantly called for bids to further develop two settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite international calls for a freeze on such activity.

The Housing Ministry called for bids for the construction of 100 housing units in the el Kana and Ariel settlements, both in the northern West Bank.

On March 26 the regime's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said construction would continue at settlements in the West Bank and East occupied Qods.