File photo- The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem. AFP
Peace Now said the Higher Planning Committee, the defense body responsible for settlement planning, is set to approve the construction at meetings on Wednesday and Thursday.
A spokesman for COGAT, the Israeli defense body that oversees the committee, declined to comment.
The United States and most of the international community consider settlements to be illegal or obstacles to peace, and past settlement announcements have drawn international angry condemnations.
In late June, Egypt condemned the Israeli government's decision to approve the legalization of five more settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and its plans to build thousands of new settlement units in clear violation of international law and the UN Security Council resolutions.
The Israeli Security Cabinet legalized last week five outposts in the occupied West Bank; Evyatar, Givat Assaf, Sde Efraim, Heletz, and Adorayim, imposing further sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the approval as detrimental to the prospects for a viable Palestinian State.
Israel’s hard-line government is dominated by West Bank settlers and their allies.
Over 500,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, in addition to 200,000 settlers in east Jerusalem.
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