one of the largest settlement expansions in years. 2,500 new homes in the west bank. just two days after his phone call to president trump and promising, quote, no daylight between the u.s. and israel. we are building, he tweeted tuesday, and we will continue to build. sunday netanyahu lifted off restrictions on settlement construction in a contested part of east jerusalem and announced 500 new settlement homes there telling his cabinet it was just the beginning. >> translator: on the issue of settlement, we will continue to look out for iz wisely and responsible for the benefit of the settlement enterprise and the state of israel. >> reporter: the new settlement built in areas that israelis claim will always remain part of israel were a blow to the palestinians who rejected the move and promised consequences. >> we will continue to use whatever available means available to us, diplomatic, nonviolent, political to defend