Israeli sources said today, Thursday, that the roads sub-committee in the Higher Planning Council of the Israeli Civil Administration approved several plans to build settlement roads in the vicinity of Jerusalem .

The committee approved the construction of Road No. 45, which will bypass Qalandia camp and confiscate thousands of dunams.

It also approved the construction of a road linking Street No. 1, west of Jerusalem, with Street No. 60 and the southern neighborhoods of the city.

The extremist Israeli Finance Minister, Bezliel Smotrich, confirmed that the approval of the road projects comes in an effort to facilitate the movement of settlers and prevent their vehicles from being attacked.