Israeli cabinet approves plan to double settlements in 'occupied' Golan Heights

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 16 (ANI): The Israeli cabinet on Sunday (local time) unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan, which aims to double the settler population in the Golan Heights, Times of Israel reported.

Around 50,000 people live on the Israeli-controlled side of the heights, evenly split between Jews and Druze. The new plan worth 40 million Israeli New Shekel (NIS) (USD 11 million) plans t